THE TAXONOMIC STATUS OF THE WYOMING TOAD, BUFO BAXTERI PORTER

Authors

  • Hobart M. Smith Department of Environmental, Population and Organismic Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder
  • David Chiszar Department of Psychology, University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Joseph T. Collins The Center for North American Amphibians and Reptiles
  • Frank Van Breukelen Department of Environmental, Population and Organismic Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17161/ch.v0i1.11929

Abstract

The population of toads in southeastern Wyoming named Bufo hemiophrys baxteri by Porter in 1968 is presumed to be extinct in nature, except perhaps for released, captive-bred specimens. It is sufficiently distinct in several respects, and sufficiently isolated geographically from its nearest rela- tive, B. h. hemiophrys, that it should be regarded as a distinct species, forming a superspecies group with B. hemiophrys.

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Published

1998-01-21

Issue

1998: Contemporary Herpetology

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Articles

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© Contemporary Herpetology

How to Cite

Smith, H. M., Chiszar, D., Collins, J. T., & Van Breukelen, F. (1998). THE TAXONOMIC STATUS OF THE WYOMING TOAD, BUFO BAXTERI PORTER. Contemporary Herpetology, 1, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.17161/ch.v0i1.11929