Incilius tacanensis

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: Incilius
Species: Incilius tacanensis

Name

Incilius tacanensis (Smith, 1952)

• Holotype: UMMZ 88359, adult ♀, collected by Pierce Brodkorb on 18 March 1938.
• Type locality: “at 1500 meters on Volcán de Tacaná, Unión Juárez, Chiapas, México”.

Combinations

• Bufo tacanensis Smith, 1952: 176 [original combination]
• Cranopsis tacanensis — Frost et. al., 2006: 364 [subsequent combination]
• Ollotis tacanensis — Frost, Grant & Mendelson, 2006: 558 [subsequent combination]
• Incilius tacanensis — Frost, Mendelson & Pramuk, 2009: 418 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Smith, P.W. 1952. A new toad from the highlands of Guatemala and Chiapas. Copeia 1952(3): 175–177. DOI: 10.2307/1439700
• Frost, D.R., Grant, T., Faivovich, J., Bain, R.H., Haas, A., Haddad, C.F.B., de Sá, R.O., Channing, A., Wilkinson, M., Donnellan, S.C., Raxworthy, C.J., Campbell, J.A., Blotto, B.L., Moler, P.E., Drewes, R.C., Nussbaum, R.A., Lynch, J.D., Green, D.M. & Wheeler, W.C. 2006. The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297: 1–370. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2006)297[0001:TATOL]2.0.CO;2 ; hdl: 2246/5781 . Reference page. 
• Frost, D.R., Grant, T. & Mendelson III, J.R. 2006. Ollotis Cope, 1875, is the oldest name for the genus current referred to as Cranopsis Cope, 1875. Copeia 2006(3): 558. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Frost, D.R., Mendelson III, J.R. & Pramuk, J.B. 2009. Further notes on the nomenclature of Middle American toads (Bufonidae). Copeia 2009(2): 418–419. JSTOR Reference page. 

Additional references

• McCartthy, K., Shinn, O., Luna-Reyes, R. & Mendelson III, J.R. 2022. A redescription of the poorly known Central American toad Incilius tacanensis (Anura, Bufonidae), with a summary of its biology and conservation status. ZooKeys 1102: 149–161. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1102.79229 Reference page. 

Links

• 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 Incilius tacanensis . Accessed on 22 May 2022.
• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2020. IUCN: Incilius tacanensis  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T54773A53950956. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T54773A53950956.en. Accessed on 22 May 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Volcan Tacana Toad