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Encyclopedia > Barbourula
?Jungle Toads
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bombinatoridae
Genus: Barbourula
Taylor & Noble, 1924

Barbourula is a genus of amphibian commonly referred to as jungle toads. They are small toads of the fire-bellied toad family, Bombinatoridae, found in the Philippines and Borneo. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Myxozoa (slime animals) Superphylum Deuterostomia (blastopore becomes anus) Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... {{{subdivision_ranks}}} See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ... For other uses, see Amphibian (disambiguation). ... Suborders Archaeobatrachia Mesobatrachia Neobatrachia The Anura is the order of animals in the class Amphibia that includes frogs and toads. ... Species Genus Barbourula     Barbourula busuangensis     Barbourula kalimantanensis Genus Bombina     Bombina bombina     Bombina fortinuptialis     Bombina lichuanensis     Bombina maxima     Bombina microdeladigitora     Bombina orientalis     Bombina pachypus     Bombina variegata Bombinatoridae are often referred to as fire belly toads because of their brightly colored ventral sides which show that they are highly toxic. ... Edward Harrison Taylor (April 23, 1889 - 1972) was a U.S. herpetologist from Kansas. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a taxonomic grouping. ... Subclasses and Orders Order Temnospondyli- extinct Subclass Lepospondyli- extinct Subclass Lissamphibia   Anura   Caudata   Gymnophiona Amphibians (class Amphibia) are a taxon of animals that include all tetrapods (four-legged vertebrates) that do not have amniotic eggs. ... Species Genus Barbourula     Barbourula busuangensis     Barbourula kalimantanensis Genus Bombina     Bombina bombina     Bombina fortinuptialis     Bombina lichuanensis     Bombina maxima     Bombina microdeladigitora     Bombina orientalis     Bombina pachypus     Bombina variegata Bombinatoridae are often referred to as fire belly toads because of their brightly colored ventral sides which show that they are highly toxic. ... Borneo (left) and Sulawesi. ...


Species

  • Busuanga Jungle Toad, Barbourula busuangensis (Taylor & Noble, 1924)
  • Kalimantan Jungle Toad, Barbourula kalimantanensis (Iskandar, 1978)

Edward Harrison Taylor (April 23, 1889 - 1972) was a U.S. herpetologist from Kansas. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...

References

  • Amphibian Species of the World, Barbourula
  • Living Underworld, Bombinatoridae

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Bombinatoridae (597 words)
Barbourula occurs in the Philippine Islands (Barbourula busuangensis) and Borneo (Barbourula kalimantanensis).
Barbourula are not as brightly colored but have webbed fingers in addition to webbed toes.
Ford and Cannatella (1993) formalized this by resurrecting the family Bombinatoridae for Barbourula and Bombina.
Barbourula busuangensis (621 words)
PlanetSave.com Community page for opisthocoelus: Barbourula busuangensis was first described in the 1920's from a single specimen collected in lowland waters on Busuanga Island in the Philippines.
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Reptilien - caresheets.org: Baculum extradentatum, Baikia africana, Balanophis ceylonensis, Barbourula busuangensis, Barbourula kalimantanensis, Barisia imbricata, Barisia imbricata,...
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