Tomopterna
Genus of amphibians
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Tomopterna (common names: sand frogs, burrowing frogs, Old World bullfrogs) is a genus of frogs from sub-Saharan Africa.[1]
| Tomopterna | |
|---|---|
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| Tandy's sand frog (Tomopterna tandyi) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pyxicephalidae |
| Subfamily: | Cacosterninae |
| Genus: | Tomopterna Duméril & Bibron, 1841 |
| Type species | |
| Pyxicephalus delalandii Tschudi, 1838 | |
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Tomopterna:[1][2]
- Tomopterna ahli (Deckert, 1938)
- Tomopterna branchi Wilson and Channing, 2019
- Tomopterna cryptotis (Boulenger, 1907) — common sand frog
- Tomopterna delalandii (Tschudi, 1838) — Delalande's sand frog
- Tomopterna elegans (Calabresi, 1927)[3]
- Tomopterna gallmanni Wasonga & Channing, 2013[4]
- Tomopterna kachowskii Nikolskii, 1900[3]
- Tomopterna krugerensis Passmore & Carruthers, 1975 — knocking sand frog
- Tomopterna luganga Channing, Moyer & Dawood, 2004
- Tomopterna marmorata (Peters, 1854) — marbled sand frog
- Tomopterna milletihorsini (Angel, 1922)
- Tomopterna monticola (Fischer, 1884)
- Tomopterna natalensis (Smith, 1849) — Natal sand frog
- Tomopterna tandyi Channing & Bogart, 1996 — Tandy's sand frog
- Tomopterna tuberculosa (Boulenger, 1882) — rough sand frog
- Tomopterna wambensis Wasonga & Channing, 2013[4]
