Names with citations in year 1972
- Class: Amphibia
- Order: Anura
- Family: Alsodidae
- Family: Aromobatidae
- Family: Arthroleptidae Mivart, 1869
- Family: Batrachylidae
- Genus: Atelognathus
- Species: Atelognathus praebasalticus (Cei and Roig, 1968)
- Synonym: Telmatobius praebasalticus agilis Cei, 1972
- Synonym: Telmatobius praebasalticus dobeslawi Cei, 1972
- Synonym: Telmatobius praebasalticus luisi Cei, 1972
- Synonym: Telmatobius praebasalticus praebasalticus — Cei, 1972
- Family: Bombinatoridae
- Family: Bufonidae
- Genus: Amietophrynus
- Genus: Anaxyrus
- Genus: Atelopus
- Genus: Bufo
- Genus: Incilius
- Genus: Mertensophryne
- Genus: Nectophrynoides
- Genus: Peltophryne
- Genus: Poyntonophrynus
- Genus: Rhinella
- Species: Rhinella achalensis (Cei, 1972)
- Synonym: Bufo achalensis Cei, 1972
- Species: Rhinella arequipensis (Vellard, 1959)
- Synonym: Bufo arequipensis — Cei, 1972
- Species: Rhinella atacamensis (Cei, 1962)
- Synonym: Bufo atacamensis — Cei, 1972
- Species: Rhinella dorbignyi (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
- Synonym: Bufo d'orbignyi — Cei, 1972
- Species: Rhinella limensis (Werner, 1901)
- Synonym: Bufo limensis limensis — Cei, 1972
- Species: Rhinella spinulosa (Wiegmann, 1834)
- Synonym: Bufo flavilineatus — Cei, 1972
- Synonym: Bufo flavolineatus — Cei, 1972
- Species: Rhinella vellardi (Leviton and Duellman, 1978)
- Synonym: Bufo limensis orientalis — Cei, 1972
- Synonym: Bufo orientalis — Cei, 1972
- Genus: Vandijkophrynus
- Genus: Werneria
- Genus: Wolterstorffina
- Species: "Bufo" brongersmai Hoogmoed, 1972
- Synonym: Bufo brongersmai Hoogmoed, 1972
- Family: Calyptocephalellidae
- Family: Conrauidae
- Family: Craugastoridae
- Family: Hemiphractidae
- Family: Hemisotidae
- Genus: Hemisus
- Species: Hemisus guineensis Cope, 1865
- Synonym: Hemisus guineensis broadleyi Laurent, 1972
- Synonym: Hemisus guineensis katanganus Laurent, 1972
- Synonym: Hemisus guineensis latinasus Laurent, 1972
- Synonym: Hemisus guineensis macrodactylus Laurent, 1972
- Synonym: Hemisus guineensis microps — Laurent, 1972
- Species: Hemisus marmoratus (Peters, 1854)
- Synonym: Hemisus marmoratus ingeri Laurent, 1972
- Synonym: Hemisus marmoratus loveridgei Laurent, 1972
- Synonym: Hemisus marmoratus marmoratus — Laurent, 1972
- Synonym: Hemisus marmoratus sudanensis — Laurent, 1972
- Species: Hemisus microscaphus Laurent, 1972
- Species: Hemisus perreti Laurent, 1972
- Family: Hylidae
- Family: Hyperoliidae Laurent, 1943
- Family: Leptodactylidae Werner, 1896
- Family: Limnodynastidae
- Genus: Lechriodus
- Genus: Limnodynastes
- Species: Limnodynastes dumerilii Peters, 1863
- Synonym: Limnodynastes dumerili dumerili — Martin, 1972
- Synonym: Limnodynastes dumerili grayi — Martin, 1972
- Synonym: Limnodynastes dumerili insularis — Martin, 1972
- Synonym: Limnodynastes dumerili variegatus Martin, 1972
- Synonym: Limnodynastes dumerilii fryi Martin, 1972
- Species: Limnodynastes interioris Fry, 1913
- Synonym: Limnodynastes interioris — Martin, 1972
- Species: Limnodynastes terraereginae Fry, 1915
- Synonym: Limnodynastes terraereginae — Martin, 1972
- Family: Microhylidae
- Subfamily: Asterophryinae
- Genus: Barygenys
- Genus: Callulops
- Species: Callulops boettgeri (Méhely, 1901)
- Synonym: Phrynomantis boettgeri — Zweifel, 1972
- Species: Callulops comptus (Zweifel, 1972)
- Synonym: Phynomantis humicola comptus Zweifel, 1972
- Species: Callulops doriae Boulenger, 1888
- Synonym: Xenorhina doriae — Zweifel, 1972
- Species: Callulops dubius (Boettger, 1895)
- Synonym: Phrynomantis dubius — Zweifel, 1972
- Species: Callulops glandulosus (Zweifel, 1972)
- Synonym: Phrynomantis glandulosa Zweifel, 1972
- Species: Callulops humicola (Zweifel, 1972)
- Synonym: Phrynomantis humicola humicola Zweifel, 1972
- Species: Callulops kopsteini (Mertens, 1930)
- Synonym: Phrynomantis koptsteini — Zweifel, 1972
- Species: Callulops personatus (Zweifel, 1972)
- Synonym: Phrynomantis personata Zweifel, 1972
- Species: Callulops robustus (Boulenger, 1898)
- Synonym: Phrynomantis robusta — Zweifel, 1972
- Species: Callulops stictogaster (Zweifel, 1972)
- Synonym: Phrynomantis stictogaster Zweifel, 1972
- Species: Callulops wilhelmanus (Loveridge, 1948)
- Synonym: Phrynomantis wilhelmana — Zweifel, 1972
- Genus: Hylophorbus
- Species: Hylophorbus rufescens Macleay, 1878
- Synonym: Hylophorbus rufescens extimus Zweifel, 1972
- Synonym: Hylophorbus rufescens myopicus Zweifel, 1972
- Synonym: Hylophorbus rufescens rufescens — Zweifel, 1972
- Genus: Mantophryne
- Genus: Metamagnusia
- Genus: Pherohapsis Zweifel, 1972
- Genus: Pseudocallulops
- Genus: Xenorhina
- Family: Myobatrachidae
- Family: Pipidae
- Family: Ptychadenidae
- Family: Pyxicephalidae
- Family: Scaphiopodidae Cope, 1865
- Synonym: Scaphiopinae — Spinar, 1972
- Order: Caudata