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Scaphiopus (spadefoot toad)
Taxonomy
Scaphiopus was named by Holbrook (1836). It is extant. It is the type genus of Scaphiopodidae.
It was assigned to Scaphiopidae by Cope (1875); to Pelobatinae by Sanchiz (1998); and to Pelobatidae by Zweifel (1956), Estes and Tihen (1964), Lynch (1965), Holman and Sullivan (1981), Carroll (1988), Henrici (1994), Frank and Ramus (1996), Henrici and Haynes (2006) and Henrici (2009).
It was assigned to Scaphiopidae by Cope (1875); to Pelobatinae by Sanchiz (1998); and to Pelobatidae by Zweifel (1956), Estes and Tihen (1964), Lynch (1965), Holman and Sullivan (1981), Carroll (1988), Henrici (1994), Frank and Ramus (1996), Henrici and Haynes (2006) and Henrici (2009).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1836 | Scaphiopus Holbrook |
1875 | Scaphiopus Cope p. 31 |
1956 | Scaphiopus Zweifel p. 16 |
1964 | Scaphiopus Estes and Tihen p. 457 |
1965 | Scaphiopus Lynch p. 73 |
1981 | Scaphiopus Holman and Sullivan p. 138 |
1988 | Scaphiopus Carroll |
1994 | Scaphiopus Henrici |
1996 | Scaphiopus Frank and Ramus |
1998 | Scaphiopus Sanchiz |
2006 | Scaphiopus Henrici and Haynes p. 24 |
2009 | Scaphiopus Henrici p. 280 |
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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. Scaphiopus Holbrook 1836 [spadefoot toad]
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Subg. Scaphiopus (Scaphiopus) Holbrook 1836
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Scaphiopus (Scaphiopus) couchi Baird 1854 [Couch's spadefoot toad]
Scaphiopus (Scaphiopus) holbrooki Harlan 1835 [Eastern spadefoot toad]
Scaphiopus (Scaphiopus) hurteri Strecker 1910 [Hurter's spadefoot toad]
†Scaphiopus (Scaphiopus) wardorum Estes and Tihen 1964
Scaphiopus couchii Baird 1854 [Couch's spadefoot toad]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available