Bufo praevius Tihen 1951 (toad)

Amphibia - Salientia - Catostomidae

Full reference: J. A. Tihen. 1951. Anuran remains from the Miocene of Florida, with the description of a new species of Bufo. Copeia 1951(3):230-235

Belongs to Bufo according to W. A. Auffenberg 1956

Sister taxa: Bufo alienus, Bufo alvarius, Bufo americanus, Bufo bufo, Bufo calamita, Bufo campi, Bufo cognatus, Bufo defensor, Bufo hibbardi, Bufo holmani, Bufo kuhrei, Bufo linquensis, Bufo marinus, Bufo melanostictus, Bufo nestor, Bufo obstetricans, Bufo pliocompactilis, Bufo quercicus, Bufo repentinus, Bufo rexroadensis, Bufo serratus, Bufo spongifrons, Bufo suspectus, Bufo terrestris, Bufo tiheni, Bufo valentinensis, Bufo viridis, Bufo woodhousei

Type specimen: MCZ No. 1991, a set of postcrania (distal 13 mm. of a right ilium).

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Thomas Farm (Miocene of Florida)

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