Bufo obstetricans Laurenti 1768 (midwife frog)

Amphibia - Salientia - Bufonidae

Full reference: J. N. Laurenti. 1768. Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austriacorum [Medical ideas, showing an emended synopsis of the reptiles together with experiences in poisoning by and antidotes of Austrian reptiles]. Published and printed by Johann Thomas von Trattner, Vienna

Belongs to Bufo according to J. N. Laurenti 1768

See also Sanchiz 1998 and Wagler 1830

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 pliocompactilis, Bufo praevius, Bufo serratus, Bufo terrestris, Bufo tiheni, Bufo valentinensis, Bufo viridis, Bufo woodhousei

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Bufo obstetricans in the database

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