Abstract
29 Duttaphrynus species are reported from all over the world. This genus was previously assigned to Bufo melanostictus group. Frost et al. suggested that Duttaphrynus is only distantly related to other Asiatic bufonids and consequently moved these species in 2006 to a separate genus. Duttaphrynus is a genus of true toads. It is endemic to southwestern and southern China and throughout southern Asia. Out of them, 19 species are reported only from India. Duttaphrynus melanostictus is the most widely distributed species.This melanostictus group is distinguished by presence of orbital cranial ridge, vocal sac when present having surrounding muscles with melanophore.
Highlights
In 1972, Inger resolved some of the disputes of taxonomy of the species of Bufo, acknowledged and defined seven species groups among genus Bufo of Eurasia
1-Department of Science and Technology, Government of India working at Department of Zoology Vidyasagar University, Midnapore 721102 and Bose Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
5- Head, Division of Herpetology, ZSI, FPS Building, Indian Museum, 27 JL Nehru Road, Kolkata 700016, India
Summary
In 1972, Inger resolved some of the disputes of taxonomy of the species of Bufo, acknowledged and defined seven species groups among genus Bufo of Eurasia. Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences is the official English language journal of the Egyptian Society of Biological Sciences ,Department of Entomology ,Faculty of Sciences
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