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Scaphiopus (Scaphiopus) hurteri (Hurter's spadefoot toad)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae

Taxonomy
Scaphiopus hurteri was named by Strecker (1910). It is extant.

It was recombined as Scaphiopus (Scaphiopus) hurteri by Zweifel (1956); it was corrected as Scaphiopus hurterii by Frank and Ramus (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Scaphiopus hurteri Strecker
1956Scaphiopus (Scaphiopus) hurteri Zweifel p. 30
1996Scaphiopus hurterii Frank and Ramus

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
superfamilyPelobatoideaLaurent 1979
familyPelobatidaeLataste 1879
genusScaphiopusHolbrook 1836
subgenusScaphiopusHolbrook 1836
specieshurteri(Strecker 1910)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Scaphiopus (Scaphiopus) hurteri Strecker 1910 [Hurter's spadefoot toad]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available