Anaxyrus

Anaxyrus is a genus of true toads in the family Bufonidae. The genus is endemic to North and Central America. Some authors consider Anaxyrus to be a subgenus within Bufo.[1]

Anaxyrus
Woodhouse's toad (Anaxyrus woodhousii)
American toad (Anaxyrus americanus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Anaxyrus
Tschudi, 1845
Species

25, see text.

Species
Binomial name Described by, year Common name
Anaxyrus americanus ↔ Bufo americanus Holbrook, 1836 American toad
Anaxyrus baxteri ↔ Bufo baxteri Porter, 1968 Wyoming toad
Anaxyrus boreas ↔ Bufo boreas Baird & Girard, 1852 western toad
Anaxyrus californicus ↔ Bufo californicus Camp, 1915 arroyo toad
Anaxyrus canorus ↔ Bufo canorus Camp, 1916 Yosemite toad
Anaxyrus cognatus ↔ Bufo cognatus Say, 1823 Great Plains toad
Anaxyrus compactilis ↔ Bufo compactilis Wiegmann, 1833 plateau toad, Texas toad
Anaxyrus debilis ↔ Bufo debilis Girard, 1854 North American green toad
Anaxyrus exsul ↔ Bufo exsul G. Myers, 1942 black toad
Anaxyrus fowleri ↔ Bufo fowleri Hinckley, 1882 Fowler's toad
Anaxyrus hemiophrys ↔ Bufo hemiophrys Cope, 1886 Canadian toad
Anaxyrus houstonensis ↔ Bufo houstonensis Sanders, 1953 Houston toad
Anaxyrus kelloggi ↔ Bufo kelloggi Taylor, 1938 little Mexican toad
Anaxyrus mexicanus ↔ Bufo mexicanus Brocchi, 1879 southwestern toad
Anaxyrus microscaphus ↔ Bufo microscaphus Cope, 1867 Arizona toad
Anaxyrus monfontanus ↔ Bufo monfontanus Gordon, Simandle, Sandmeier & Tracy, 2020[1] Hot Creek toad
Anaxyrus nelsoni ↔ Bufo nelsoni Stejneger, 1893 Amargosa toad
Anaxyrus nevadensis ↔ Bufo nevadensis Gordon, Simandle, Sandmeier & Tracy, 2020[1] Railroad Valley toad
Anaxyrus punctatus ↔ Bufo punctatus Baird & Girard, 1852 red-spotted toad, Baird's spotted toad
Anaxyrus quercicus ↔ Bufo quercicus Holbrook, 1840 oak toad
Anaxyrus retiformis ↔ Bufo retiformis Sanders and H.M. Smith, 1951 Sonoran green toad
Anaxyrus speciosus ↔ Bufo speciosus Girard, 1854 Texas toad
Anaxyrus terrestris ↔ Bufo terrestris Bonnaterre, 1789 southern toad
Anaxyrus williamsi ↔ Bufo williamsi Gordon, Simandle, and Tracy, 2017 Dixie Valley toad
Anaxyrus woodhousii ↔ Bufo woodhousii Girard, 1854 Woodhouse's toad

References
Wikispecies has information related to Anaxyrus.
  1. Gordon, Michelle R.; Simandle, Eric T.; Sandmeier, Franziska C.; Tracy, C. Richard (2020). "Two New Cryptic Endemic Toads of Bufo Discovered in Central Nevada, Western United States (Amphibia: Bufonidae: Bufo [Anaxyrus])". Copeia. 108 (1): 166–183. doi:10.1643/CH-18-086. ISSN 0045-8511.

Further reading
  • Tschudi JJ (1845). "Reptilium conspectus quae in Republica Peruana reperiuntur et pleraque observata vel collecta sunt in itinere". Archiv für Naturgeschichte 11 (1): 150–170. (Anaxyrus, new genus, p. 170). (in Latin)
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