Epidalea calamita

Epidalea calamita

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura
Subordo: Neobatrachia
Familia: Bufonidae
Genus: Epidalea
Species: Epidalea calamita

Name

Epidalea calamita (Laurenti, 1768)

Type locality: "Mitteldeutschland" (= central Germany).

Holotype: Including frog(s) illustrated by Roesel von Rosenhof, 1758, Hist. Nat. Ran. Nost.: pl. 24.

Synonyms

* Bufo calamita Laurenti, 1768
* Rana foetidissima Hermann, 1783
* Rana portentosa Blumenbach, 1788
* Rana ecaudata Razoumovsky, 1789
* Bufo cruciatus Schneider, 1799
* Rana mephitica Shaw, 1802
* Bufo portentosa — Leunis, 1844
* Epidalea calamita — Cope, 1864
* Bufo calamita var. alpestris Koch, 1872
* Bufo viridis var. calamita — Camerano, 1884

References

* Laurenti, 1768, Spec. Med. Exhib. Synops. Rept.: 27, 119.
* Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). Electronic Database accessible at [1] American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Epidalea calamita . Accessed on 01 Apr 2008.
* World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN link: Epidalea calamita (Least Concern) (as "Bufo calamita")

Vernacular names
Internationalization
English: Natterjack Toad