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Wolterstorffina
Description | Wolterstorffina, also known as Wolterstorff toads, is a genus of "true toads" (family Bufonidae) native to Nigeria and Cameroon. Its sister taxon is either genus Werneria or the clade Werneria+Nectophryne. The name of the genus honours German geologist and herpetologist Willy Wolterstorff. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolterstorffina, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Anura : Bufonidae : Wolterstorffina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Scientific Name | Wolterstorffina Mertens, 1939 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Abh. Mus. Nat. Vorgesch. Magdeburg, 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolterstorffina |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Wolterstorffina chirioi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Wolterstorffina mirei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Wolterstorffina parvipalmata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
References
Frost, Darrel R., 1997: null. Amphibian Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
Abh. Mus. Nat. Vorgesch. Magdeburg, 7 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
SN2000/Frost, 2004 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!