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Truebella

Truebella is a genus of small true toads, family Bufonidae. It is endemic to the Ayacucho and Junín Regions of Peru. The generic name honors Linda Trueb, an American herpetologist.

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Truebella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Truebella
Graybeal and Cannatella, 19951
Species

2 species; see table

Truebella is a genus of small true toads, family Bufonidae.23 It is endemic to the Ayacucho and Junín Regions of Peru.2 The generic name honors Linda Trueb, an American herpetologist.14

Species

Binomial name and author Common name
Truebella skoptes Graybeal and Cannatella, 1995
Truebella tothastes Graybeal and Cannatella, 1995
References

References

  1. Graybeal, Anna & Cannatella, David C. (1995). "A new taxon of Bufonidae from Peru, with descriptions of two new species and a review of the phylogenetic status of supraspecific bufonid taxa". Herpetologica. 51 (2): 105–131. JSTOR 3892580.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2018). "Truebella Graybeal and Cannatella, 1995". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  3. "Bufonidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael & Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 217. ISBN 978-1-907807-42-8.