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Amphibia    Anura    Rhinophrynidae  
Burrowing Toad
Rhinophrynus dorsalis Duméril and Bibron, 1841
ry-NOH-fry-nus — dor-SAL-iss

SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.

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Province/State Distribution:
United States: Texas

Taxonomic Etymology:
A burrowing frog with a prominent dorsal stripe or pattern, and a name referencing its snout.
Rhinophrynus — From Greek rhinos (ῥινός), “snout,” and phrynos (φρῦνος), “toad.” The name means “snouted toad,” describing the species’ pointed nose and burrowing adaptation.
dorsalis — From Latin dorsum, “back,” and -alis, “pertaining to.” Refers to markings or features on the back (dorsum), typically a stripe or ridge.

First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.


Selected References:
1841 Dumeril, A. M. Constant and Gabriel Bibron. Erpetologie Generale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete Des Reptiles. Tome Huitieme. [General Herpetology or Complete Natural History of Reptiles. Volume Eight.]. Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris, France. 784pp.
1966 James, Pauline. The Mexican burrowing toad, Rhinophrynus dorsalis, and addition to the vertebrate fauna of the United States. Texas Journal of Science 18(3):272-276
1969 Fouquette, M. J., Jr. Rhinophrynidae, Rhinophrynus, R. dorsalis.. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (78):1-2
1976 Bogart, James P. and Craig E. Nelson. Evolutionary implication from karyotypic analysis of frogs of the families Microhylidae and Rhinophrynidae. Herpetologica 32(2):199-208

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