Firouzophrynus
| Firouzophrynus | |
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| Firouzophrynus stomaticus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Firouzophrynus Safaei-Mahroo and Ghaffari, 2020 |
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Firouzophrynus is a genus of amphibians in the family Bufonidae found in parts of the Middle East and South Asia.[1] This genus was named in 2020 by Iranian herpetologists Barbod Safaei-Mahroo and Hanyeh Ghaffari in honor of Eskandar Firouz, founder of environment department in Iran, who died in 2020.[2][3][4]
Species
[edit]Firouzophrynus contains 5 species :
- Firouzophrynus dhufarensis (Parker, 1931)
- Firouzophrynus hololius (Günther, 1876)
- Firouzophrynus olivaceus (Blanford, 1874)
- Firouzophrynus peninsularis (Rao, 1920)
- Firouzophrynus stomaticus (Lütken, 1864)
References
[edit]- ^ "Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
- ^ "Firouzophrynus Safaei-Mahroo & Ghaffari, 2020". www.gbif.org (in French). Retrieved 2025-01-09.
- ^ "ZooBank.org". zoobank.org. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
- ^ "Firouzophrynus | Amphibians". www.indianamphibians.org. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
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