Incilius Cope, 1863

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Bufonidae > Genus: Incilius

Incilius Cope, 1863, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 15: 50. Type species: Bufo coniferus Cope, 1862, by subsequent designation of Kellogg, 1932, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 160: 29; the designation of Bufo cognatus Say, 1823, as type species by 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: 222, is in error, according to Frost, Mendelson, and Pramuk, 2009, Copeia, 2009: 418-419.

Cranopsis Cope, 1875 "1876", J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Ser. 2, 8: 96. Type species: Cranopsis fastidiosus Cope, 1875 "1876", by monotypy. Junior homonym of Cranopsis Adams, 1860 (Mollusca) and Cranopsis Dall, 1871 (Brachiopoda). Synonymy by Frost, Mendelson, and Pramuk, 2009, Copeia, 2009: 418-419.

Ollotis Cope, 1875 "1876", J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Ser. 2, 8: 98. Type species: Ollotis coerulescens Cope, 1875, by monotypy. Synonymy by Frost, Mendelson, and Pramuk, 2009, Copeia, 2009: 418-419.

Crepidius Cope, 1875 "1876", J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Ser. 2, 8: 97. Type species: Crepidius epioticus Cope, 1875, by monotypy. Primary homonym of Crepidius Candeze, 1859 (Coleoptera).

Crepidophryne Cope, 1889, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 34: 260. Replacement name for Crepidius Cope 1875 "1876".

Cranophryne Cope, 1889, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 34: 20. Replacement name for Cranopsis Cope, 1875 "1876".

English Names

Central American Toads (Frost, McDiarmid, and Mendelson, 2008, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 37: 9; Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 17; Frost, McDiarmid, Mendelson, and Green, 2012, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 39: 16).

Cerro Utyum Toads (Crepidophryne [no longer recognized]: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 44).

Distribution

Southern USA south to Panama and then south along the Pacific versant to Ecuador.

Comment

Contained taxa

Incilius alvarius (Girard, 1859)
Incilius aucoinae (O'Neill and Mendelson, 2004)
Incilius bocourti (Brocchi, 1877)
Incilius campbelli (Mendelson, 1994)
Incilius canaliferus (Cope, 1877)
Incilius cavifrons (Firschein, 1950)
Incilius chompipe (Vaughan and Mendelson, 2007)
Incilius coccifer (Cope, 1866)
Incilius coniferus (Cope, 1862)
Incilius cristatus (Wiegmann, 1833)
Incilius cycladen (Lynch and Smith, 1966)
Incilius epioticus (Cope, 1875)
Incilius fastidiosus (Cope, 1875)
Incilius gemmifer (Taylor, 1940)
Incilius guanacaste (Vaughan and Mendelson, 2007)
Incilius holdridgei (Taylor, 1952)
Incilius ibarrai (Stuart, 1954)
Incilius intermedius (Günther, 1858)
Incilius karenlipsae Mendelson and Mulcahy, 2010
Incilius leucomyos (McCranie and Wilson, 2000)
Incilius luetkenii (Boulenger, 1891)
Incilius macrocristatus (Firschein and Smith, 1957)
Incilius marmoreus (Wiegmann, 1833)
Incilius mazatlanensis (Taylor, 1940)
Incilius mccoyi Santos-Barrera and Flores-Villela, 2011
Incilius melanochlorus (Cope, 1877)
Incilius nebulifer (Girard, 1854)
Incilius occidentalis (Camerano, 1879)
Incilius periglenes (Savage, 1967)
Incilius peripatetes (Savage, 1972)
Incilius perplexus (Taylor, 1943)
Incilius pisinnus (Mendelson, Williams, Sheil, and Mulcahy, 2005)
Incilius porteri (Mendelson, Williams, Sheil, and Mulcahy, 2005)
Incilius signifer (Mendelson, Williams, Sheil, and Mulcahy, 2005)
Incilius spiculatus (Mendelson, 1997)
Incilius tacanensis (Smith, 1952)
Incilius tutelarius (Mendelson, 1997)
Incilius valliceps (Wiegmann, 1833)

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