Werneria
For the genus of plant, see Werneria (plant).
| Werneria | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Werneria Poche, 1903 |
| Species | |
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6 species; see table. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Stenoglossa Andersson, 1903 | |
Werneria (smalltongue toads) is a genus of fairly small true toads found near fast-flowing steams in Middle and West Africa with the greatest species richness in the Western High Plateau of Cameroon.[1][2] They are generally dark brownish or blackish and have a snout–to-vent length between 3 and 5 cm (1.2–2.0 in).[1] The species generally have small distributions and are considered threatened.[1]
Species
| Binomial name and author[2] | Common Name |
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| Werneria bambutensis (Amiet, 1972) | Bamboutos smalltongue toad |
| Werneria iboundji Rödel, Schmitz, Pauwels & Böhme, 2004 | |
| Werneria mertensiana Amiet, 1976 | Mertens' smalltongue toad |
| Werneria preussi (Matschie, 1893) | Buea smalltongue toad |
| Werneria submontana Rödel, Schmitz, Pauwels & Böhme, 2004 | |
| Werneria tandyi (Amiet, 1972) | Tandy's smalltongue toad |
References
- 1 2 3 Mark-Oliver Rödel, Andreas Schmitz, Olivier S.G. Pauwels, & Wolfgang Böhme, 2004 Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae) Zootaxa 720: 1–28
- 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Werneria Poche, 1903". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
External links
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Werneria. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: May 8, 2008).
- eol – Encyclopedia of Life taxon Werneria at http://www.eol.org.
- ITIS – Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database Taxon Werneria at http://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: May 8, 2008).
- GBIF – Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxon Werneria at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm
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