Amietophrynus gracilipes
Amietophrynus gracilipes (Boulenger, 1899)
Original Published Description:
Common Names
French Congo Toad (English)
Description
Morphology
The following is the original description by Boulenger (1899):
Crown without bony ridges. Snout obtusely pointed, truncate; interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid; tympanum very distinct, two thirds the diameter of the eye. Fingers slender, first extending considerably beyond second; toes slender, with a mere rudiment of web; subarticular tubercles single; metatarsal tubercles smull , feebly prominent; no tarsal fold. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tympanum, the tarso-metatarsal the tip of the snout. Skin rough with small conical warts ; parotoids very small, fiat, very indistinct. Dark brown above, marbled with reddish,
whitish beneath.
From snout to vent 37 millim.
A single specimen from the Benito River, French.
Collected by Mr. G. L. Bates.
Taxonomy
- Bufo gracilipes Boulenger, 1899 (synonym)
- Bufo funereus gracilipes — Perret and Mertens, 1957 (synonym)
- Bufo petiti Knoepffler, 1967 (synonym)
- Bufo gracilipes — Inger, 1968 (synonym)
- Amietophrynus gracilipes — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006 (synonym)
References
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