Vandijkophrynus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Bufonidae
- Genus
- Vandijkophrynus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Vandijkophrynus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Vandijkophrynus
Vandijkophrynus, also known as Van Dijk's toads, are a small genus of true toads, family Bufonidae. They are native to Southern Africa (southern Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho, and Eswatini, Zimbabwe, and Mozamibique). The name commemorates Eddie Van Dijk, a South African herpetologist.
Originally, all Vandijkophrynus species were included in the genus Bufo as the former "Bufo angusticeps" group.
...Vandijkophrynus in languages:
- English
- Southern Toads
- English
- Vandijks Toads
- English
- Van Dijk's Toads
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Adenomus
- Altiphrynoides
- Amazophrynella
- Anaxyrus
- Ansonia
- Atelopus
- Barbarophryne
- Beduka
- Blaira
- Blythophryne
- Bufo
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- Bufoides
- Bufotes
- Capensibufo
- Churamiti
- Dendrophryniscus
- Didynamipus
- Duttaphrynus
- Epidalea
- Frostius
- Incilius
- Ingerophrynus
- Laurentophryne
- Leptophryne
- Melanophryniscus
- Mertensophryne
- Metaphryniscus
- Nannophryne
- Nectophryne
- Nectophrynoides
- Nimbaphrynoides
- Oreophrynella
- Osornophryne
- Parapelophryne
- Pedostibes
- Pelophryne
- Peltophryne
- Phrynoidis
- Poyntonophrynus
- Pseudobufo
- Rentapia
- Rhaebo
- Rhinella
- Sabahphrynus
- Schismaderma
- Sclerophrys
- Sigalegalephrynus
- Strauchbufo
- Truebella
- Vandijkophrynus
- Werneria
- Wolterstorffina