Breviceps
| Breviceps | |
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| Bushveld rain frog, B. adspersus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Brevicipitidae |
| Genus: | Breviceps Merrem, 1820 |
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Breviceps is a genus of frogs in the family Brevicipitidae. They are commonly known as rain frogs.[1][2]
Species
The genus contains 16 or 17 species; in Amphibian Species of the World B. maculatus is synonymous to B. verrucosus, while AmphibiaWeb considers it as a valid taxon.[1][2]
- Breviceps acutirostris Poynton, 1963
- Breviceps adspersus Peters, 1882
- Breviceps bagginsi Minter, 2003
- Breviceps branchi Channing, 2012
- Breviceps fichus Channing and Minter, 2004
- Breviceps fuscus Hewitt, 1925
- Breviceps gibbosus (L., 1758)
- Breviceps macrops Boulenger, 1907
- Breviceps montanus Power, 1926
- Breviceps mossambicus Peters, 1854
- Breviceps namaquensis Power, 1926, the Namaqua Rain Frog
- Breviceps poweri Parker, 1934
- Breviceps rosei Power, 1926
- Breviceps sopranus Minter, 2003
- Breviceps sylvestris FitzSimons, 1930
- Breviceps verrucosus Rapp, 1842
References
- 1 2 AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2013. Berkeley, California: Brevicipitidae. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: 30 November 2013).
- 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Names assigned to genus Breviceps". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.6 (9 January 2013). Retrieved 30 November 2013.
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