Bufo praevius Tihen 1951 (toad)

Amphibia - Salientia - Bufonidae

Full reference: J. A. Tihen. 1951. Anuran remains from the Miocene of Florida, with the description of a new species of Bufo. Copeia 1951(3):230-235

Belongs to Bufo according to W. A. Auffenberg 1956

Sister taxa: Bufo alvarius, Bufo americanus, Bufo arenarius, Bufo bufo, Bufo calamita, Bufo defensor, Bufo hibbardi, Bufo holmani, Bufo kuhrei, Bufo linquensis, Bufo marinus, Bufo melanostictus, Bufo obstetricans, Bufo pliocompactilis, Bufo serratus, Bufo terrestris, Bufo tiheni, Bufo valentinensis, Bufo viridis, Bufo woodhousei

Type specimen: MCZ No. 1991, a set of postcrania (distal 13 mm. of a right ilium).

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Thomas Farm (Miocene of Florida)

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