Bufo japonicus

Bufo japonicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Bufonidae
Genus: Bufo
Species: Bufo japonicus
Subspecies: B. j. japonicus – B. j. formosus

Name

Bufo japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1838

Type locality: "Japon".

Holotype: Not stated.

Synonyms

• Bufo praetextatus Boie, 1826
• Bufo vulgaris japonicus Temminck and Schlegel, 1838
• Bufo vulgaris var. praetextatus — Martens, 1876
• Bufo japonicus — Camerano, 1879
• Bufo formosus Boulenger, 1883
• Bufo praetextatus — Camerano, 1901
• Bufo smithi Stejneger, 1907
• Bufo bufo japonicus — Stejneger, 1907
• Bufo vulgaris yakushimensis Okada
• Bufo vulgaris hokkaidoensis Okada, 1928
• Bufo vulgaris formosus — Okada, 1931
• Bufo vulgaris montanus Okada, 1937
• Bufo bufo japonicus — Nakamura and Ueno, 1963
• Bufo bufo hokkaidoensis — Okada, 1966
• Bufo bufo yakushimensis — Okada, 1966
• Bufo japonicus — Kawamura, Nishioka, and Ueda, 1980
• Bufo bufo formosus — Matsui, 1980
• Bufo japonicus hokkaidoensis — Kawamura, Nishioka, and Ueda, 1980
• Bufo japonicus montanus — Kawamura, Nishioka, and Ueda, 1980
• Bufo japonicus yakushimensis — Kawamura, Nishioka, and Ueda, 1980
• Bufo japonicus formosus — Matsui, 1984
• Bufo japonicus japonicus — Matsui, 1984

References

• Dubois, A. & R. Bour. 2010: The nomenclatural status of the nomina of amphibians and reptiles created by Garsault (1764), with a parsimonious solution to an old nomenclatural problem regarding the genus Bufo (Amphibia, Anura), comments on the taxonomy of this genus, and comments on some nomina created by Laurenti (1768). Zootaxa, 2447: 1–52.

• T. Hirai, M. Matui: Feeding ecology of Bufo japonicus formosus from the montane region of Kyoto, Japan. In: Journal of Herpetology. Band 36, Nr. 4, 2002, S. 719–723.

• S. Ishii, K. Kubokawa, M. Kikuchi, H. Nishio: Orientation of the toad, Bufo japonicus, toward the breeding pond. In: Zoological Science. Band 12, Nr. 4, 1995, S. 475–484.

• T. Kawamura, M. Nishioka, M. Sumida, M. Ryuzaki: An electrophoretic study of genetic differentiation in 40 populatons of Bufo japonicus distributed in Japan. In: Scientific report of the Laboratory for Amphibian Biology, Hiroshima University. Band 10, 1990, S. 1–51.

• Temminck, C.J. & H. Schlegel. 1838: Fauna Japonica sive Descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japonianum, jussu et auspiciis superiorum, qui summum in India Batava Imperium tenent, suscepto, annis 1823-1830 colleget, notis observationibus et adumbrationibus illustratis. Volume 3 (Chelonia, Ophidia, Sauria, Batrachia). Leiden: J. G. Lalau.

• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Bufo japonicus . Accessed on 10 Apr 2008.
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN: Bufo japonicus  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Japanese Toad
日本語: ニホンヒキガエル