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Pyxicephalus adspersus Tschudi, 1838

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Amphibia
order
Anura
family
Pyxicephalidae
genus
Pyxicephalus
species
Pyxicephalus adspersus

Name

Synonyms
Bombinator adspersus (Tschudi, 1838)
Pyxicephalus adspersus adspersus
Rana adspersa adspersa
Rana adspersus (Tschudi, 1838)
Tomopterna adspersa (Tschudi, 1838)
Homonyms
Pyxicephalus adspersus Tschudi, 1838
Common names
African Bullfrog in English
Bullfrog in English
Giant Bullfrog in English
Giant Pyxie in English
Giant Pyxie in English
Highveld Bullfrog in English
South African Speckled Frog in English
Tschudi's African Bullfrog in English
African Bullfrog in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Channing, A. (2001) Amphibians of Central and Southern Africa
  2. Ferreira, J. B.: Algumas especies novas ou pouco conhecidas de amphibios e reptis de Angola (Collec{\c c}ão Newton1903-1904)
  3. Rees, T. (compiler) . (2025). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Available from https://www.irmng.org at VLIZ. Accessed YYYY-MM-DD.
  4. Smith, A. (1848) Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa, consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836...
  5. Smith, A. (1849) Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa, consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836...
  6. Tschudi, J. J. (1838). Classification der Batrachier, mit Berücksichtigung der fossilen Thiere dieser Abtheilung der Reptilien. <em>Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Neuchâtel.</em> 2:1-100.
  7. Tschudi, J.J. (1838) Classification der Batrachier mit Berücksichtigung der fossilen Thiere dieser Abtheilung der Reptilien
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