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Rhinophrynus (burrowing toad)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Rhinophrynidae

Taxonomy
Rhinophrynus was named by Dumeril and Bibron (1841). It is extant.

It was assigned to Rhinophrynidae by Holman (1963), Carroll (1988), Henrici (1998) and Sanchiz (1998); and to Xenoanura by Baez (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Rhinophrynus Dumeril and Bibron p. 757
1963Rhinophrynus Holman p. 708
1988Rhinophrynus Carroll
1998Rhinophrynus Henrici p. 327
1998Rhinophrynus Sanchiz
2013Rhinophrynus Baez

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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
orderAnura()
superfamilyPipoideaFitzinger 1843
familyRhinophrynidae
genusRhinophrynusDumeril and Bibron 1841

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.

G. Rhinophrynus Dumeril and Bibron 1841 [burrowing toad]
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†Rhinophrynus canadensis Holman 1963
Rhinophrynus dorsalis Duméril and Bibron 1841 [Mexican burrowing toad]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available