Bufo tiheni Auffenberg 1957 (toad)

Amphibia - Salientia - Bufonidae

Full reference: W. Auffenberg. 1957. A new species of Bufo from the Pliocene of Florida. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 20(1):14-20

Belongs to Bufo according to W. Auffenberg 1957

Sister taxa: Bufo alvarius, Bufo americanus, Bufo arenarius, Bufo bufo, Bufo calamita, Bufo defensor, Bufo hibbardi, Bufo holmani, Bufo kuhrei, Bufo linquensis, Bufo marinus, Bufo melanostictus, Bufo obstetricans, Bufo pliocompactilis, Bufo praevius, Bufo serratus, Bufo terrestris, Bufo valentinensis, Bufo viridis, Bufo woodhousei

Type specimen: UF 5203 (partial sacral vertebra). Its type locality is Haile 6A, which is in a Clarendonian/Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in Florida.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Haile 6A

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