Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Bufo buchneri Peters, 1882, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1882: 147. Holotype: ZMB 10103, according to Bauer, Günther, and Klipfel, 1995, in Bauer et al. (eds.), Herpetol. Contr. W.C.H. Peters: 40. Type locality: "Lunda (Africa occidentalis) . . . . Lunda (W. Africa)", Angola.

Bufo Decorsei Mocquard, 1903, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, 9: 214. Holotype: MNHNP 1903.9, according to Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 13. Type locality: "Brazzaville (Congo française)". Synonymy by Boulenger, 1904, Zool. Rec., 40: 35; Nieden, 1923, Das Tierreich, 46: 104.

Amietophrynus buchneri — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 363.

English Names

Buchner's Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 40).

Distribution

Cabinda Enclave (Angola) to western Rep. Congo; presumably to be found in adjacent Dem. Rep. Congo.

Comment

Tandy and Keith, 1972, in Blair (ed.), Evol. Genus Bufo: 158, tentatively referred Bufo buchneri to the synonymy of Bufo funereus; therefore assigned to their Bufo funereus group.

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