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Vandijkophrynus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Amphibia

Family
  
Bufonidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Anura

Rank
  
Genus

Vandijkophrynus

Similar
  
Poyntonophrynus, Mertensophryne, Karoo toad, Amatola toad, Sand toad

Vandijkophrynus robinsoni


Vandijkophrynus, also known as Van Dijk's toads, are a small genus of true toads, family Bufonidae. They are native to Southern Africa (southern Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland, Zimbabwe, and Mozamibique). The name commemorates Eddie Van Dijk, a South African herpetologist.

Contents

Originally, all Vandijkophrynus species were included in the genus Bufo as the former "Bufo angusticeps" group.

Species

The species in this genus are:

  • Vandijkophrynus amatolicus (Hewitt, 1925)
  • Vandijkophrynus angusticeps (Smith, 1848)
  • Vandijkophrynus gariepensis (Smith, 1848)
  • Vandijkophrynus inyangae (Poynton, 1963)
  • Vandijkophrynus robinsoni (Branch and Braack, 1996)
  • References

    Vandijkophrynus Wikipedia