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Peltophryne, the Glossary

Peltophryne is a genus of true toads in the family Bufonidae, from the Greater Antilles (in Cuba, Isla de Juventud, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico).^[1]

32 relations: Albert Günther, Apomorphy and synapomorphy, Bufo, Ceratopsia, Critically Endangered, Cuba, Cuban high-crested toad, Cuban long-nosed toad, Cuban pine toad, Cuban small-eared toad, Cuban spotted toad, Endangered species, Endemism, Greater Antilles, Hispaniola, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Isla de la Juventud, Johann Jakob von Tschudi, Leopold Fitzinger, Maxilla, Osteology, Peltophryne fluviatica, Peltophryne guentheri, Peltophryne peltocephala, Puerto Rican crested toad, Puerto Rico, Squamosal bone, Subgenus, Synonym (taxonomy), True toad, Virgin Islands, Western giant toad.
Amphibians of the Caribbean

Albert Günther

Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther, also Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Günther (3October 18301February 1914), was a German-born British zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist.

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Apomorphy and synapomorphy

In phylogenetics, an apomorphy (or derived trait) is a novel character or character state that has evolved from its ancestral form (or plesiomorphy).

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Bufo

Bufo is a genus of true toads in the amphibian family Bufonidae. Peltophryne and Bufo are amphibian genera.

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Ceratopsia or Ceratopia (or; Greek: "horned faces") is a group of herbivorous, beaked dinosaurs that thrived in what are now North America, Europe, and Asia, during the Cretaceous Period, although ancestral forms lived earlier, in the Jurassic.

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Critically Endangered

An IUCN Red List Critically Endangered (CR or sometimes CE) species is one that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

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Cuba

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, archipelagos, 4,195 islands and cays surrounding the main island.

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Cuban high-crested toad

The Cuban high-crested toad (Peltophryne gundlachi), or Gundlach's Caribbean toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae that is endemic to Cuba.

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Cuban long-nosed toad

The Cuban long-nosed toad (Peltophryne longinasus), or Stejneger's Caribbean toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae.

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Cuban pine toad

The Cuban pine toad (Peltophryne cataulaciceps), or Schwartz's Caribbean toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae.

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Cuban small-eared toad

The Cuban small-eared toad (Peltophryne empusa), also known as the Cuban toad or Cope's Caribbean toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae that is endemic to Cuba including Isla de Juventud.

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Cuban spotted toad

The Cuban spotted toad (Peltophryne taladai), or Cuban Caribbean toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae.

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Endangered species

An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction.

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Endemism

Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Greater Antilles

The Greater Antilles is a grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Navassa Island, and the Cayman Islands.

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Hispaniola

Hispaniola (also) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles.

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International Union for Conservation of Nature

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.

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Isla de la Juventud

Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Youth) is the second-largest Cuban island (after Cuba's mainland) and the seventh-largest island in the West Indies (after mainland Cuba itself, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, and Andros Island).

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Johann Jakob von Tschudi

Johann Jakob von Tschudi (25 July 1818 – 8 October 1889) was a Swiss naturalist, explorer and diplomat.

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Leopold Fitzinger

Leopold Joseph Franz Johann Fitzinger (13 April 1802 – 20 September 1884) was an Austrian zoologist.

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Maxilla

In vertebrates, the maxilla (maxillae) is the upper fixed (not fixed in Neopterygii) bone of the jaw formed from the fusion of two maxillary bones.

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Osteology

Osteology is the scientific study of bones, practised by osteologists.

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Peltophryne fluviatica

Peltophryne fluviatica, also known as the Dominican Caribbean toad or Hispaniolan crestless toad, is a species of toad endemic to the Cibao Valley in the northwestern Dominican Republic.

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Peltophryne guentheri

Peltophryne guentheri, the southern crested toad or Gunther's Caribbean toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae.

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Peltophryne peltocephala

Peltophryne peltocephala is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae.

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Puerto Rican crested toad

The Puerto Rican crested toad (Peltophryne lemur), or simply Puerto Rican toad, is a species of toad found only in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

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