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Anaxyrus boreas

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae

Taxonomy
Bufo boreas was named by Baird and Girard (1852). It is extant.

It was recombined as Anaxyrus boreas by Frost et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Bufo boreas Baird and Girard p. 174
2006Anaxyrus boreas Frost et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
suborderAnura()
Neobatrachia(Reig 1958)
familyBufonidaeGray 1825
genusAnaxyrusTschudi 1845
speciesboreas(Baird and Girard 1852)

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.

Anaxyrus boreas Baird and Girard 1852
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 0.12900 to 0.01400 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean1.4 - 0.014USA (California) Bufo boreas (20323)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Bufo boreas (240844)
Rancholabrean (glacial)0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Bufo boreas (20624)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Bufo boreas (155393)