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(4 genera, 10 species, 1 endemic genus, 3 endemic species). Pyron &amp; Wiens (2011) placed
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFB79DDBD65B77BAE" box="[1162,1246,974,999]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">Incilius</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFAE0DDBD641B7BAE" box="[1299,1394,974,999]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">Rhinella</emphasis>
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, all but two of the bufonid genera occurring in
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, in the huge genus
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFC31DD80629E7C42" box="[962,1015,1011,1035]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">Bufo</emphasis>
Garsault 1764
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[plate 672].
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recognized
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFE1FDA6563297C66" box="[492,576,1046,1071]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">Incilius</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFD8FDA6563B27C66" box="[636,731,1046,1071]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">Rhinella</emphasis>
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as subgenera of
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFC57DA6462B07C66" box="[932,985,1047,1071]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">Bufo</emphasis>
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.
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Solís
<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFBDFDA64650E7C66" box="[1068,1127,1046,1071]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">et al.</emphasis>
(2014)
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, without comment, continued to recognize
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFE6DDA49609B7C1A" box="[414,498,1082,1107]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">Incilius</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFDDADA4963E17C1A" box="[553,648,1082,1107]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">Rhinella</emphasis>
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as valid genera. I also continue to recognize those two genera, not for having new data, but for the convenience of grouping morphologically similar species (but see criticism by
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for recognizing
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFE62DAF1608C7CD2" box="[401,485,1154,1179]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">Incilius</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFDD1DAF163E87CD2" box="[546,641,1154,1179]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">Rhinella</emphasis>
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as valid genera). Also,
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placed the
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endemic genus
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFEBCDAD5636D7CF6" box="[335,516,1190,1215]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">Atelophryniscus</emphasis>
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in the synonymy of
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFCF7DAD462507CF6" box="[772,825,1191,1215]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">Bufo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(equals
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFC51DAD565687CF6" box="[930,1025,1190,1215]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">Rhinella</emphasis>
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herein), because of the superficial resemblance of its adult and tadpole to those of
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFD43DABF623F7CAA" box="[688,854,1228,1251]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">R. veraguensis</emphasis>
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(O. Schmidt 1857 [p. 13]) of southeastern
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and adjacent
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. It defies all biogeographical logic to think that a small, montane bufonid from a small endemic hotspot in north-central
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(see McCranie
<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFD3FDB67638B7D62" box="[716,738,1300,1323]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">in</emphasis>
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and Townsend
<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFB35DB6764697D62" box="[1222,1280,1298,1323]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">et al.</emphasis>
2012) can be most closely related to a montane bufonid that occurs thousands of miles away in South
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.
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also expressed a similar view and continued to recognize
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFCECDB2962BD7D3A" box="[799,980,1370,1395]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">Atelophryniscus</emphasis>
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as a valid genus.
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Solís
<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFB2EDB2F647C7D3A" box="[1245,1301,1370,1395]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">et al.</emphasis>
(2014)
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also continued to recognize
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFE6EDB0D63387DDE" box="[413,593,1406,1431]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">Atelophryniscus</emphasis>
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, but without comment.
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="4C0CC6BAFFC7FFAFFF64DBB560257D96" box="[151,332,1478,1503]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Atelophryniscus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="4" pageNumber="356" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFF64DBB560257D96" box="[151,332,1478,1503]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">Atelophryniscus</emphasis>
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(E) McCranie, Wilson &amp; Williams 1989, 2 (1 endemic species)
<taxonomicName id="4C0CC6BAFFC7FFAFFF34DB9963737E4A" box="[199,538,1514,1539]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Atelophryniscus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="4" pageNumber="356" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chrysophorus">
<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFF34DB9963737E4A" box="[199,538,1514,1539]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">Atelophryniscus chrysophorus</emphasis>
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(E) McCranie, Wilson &amp; Williams, 1989, 3
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<taxonomicName id="4C0CC6BAFFC7FFAFFF64D84160067E02" authority="Cope 1863" authorityName="Cope" authorityYear="1863" box="[151,367,1586,1611]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Incilius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="4" pageNumber="356" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFF64D84161827E02" box="[151,235,1586,1611]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">Incilius</emphasis>
Cope 1863
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, 50 (7 species, 2 endemic species)
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<taxonomicName id="4C0CC6BAFFC7FFAFFF34D82560F97E26" box="[199,400,1622,1647]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Incilius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="4" pageNumber="356" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="campbelli">
<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFF34D82560F97E26" box="[199,400,1622,1647]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">Incilius campbelli</emphasis>
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(Mendelson 1994, 4)
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFF34D80960157EDA" box="[199,380,1658,1683]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">Incilius coccifer</emphasis>
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(Cope 1866, 130). See comments for
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFCD7D80F62E27EDA" box="[804,907,1658,1683]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">I. ibarrai</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFC32D80F65277EDA" box="[961,1102,1658,1683]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">I. leucomyos</emphasis>
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for this
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of toads that represents several unnamed species in addition to specimens that have been misidentified in some recent literature.
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFF34D8B1601A7E92" box="[199,371,1730,1755]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">Incilius ibarrai</emphasis>
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(Stuart 1954, 162).
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and elsewhere, did not recognize this as a valid species within the
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFEE7D89460E57EB6" box="[276,396,1766,1791]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">I. complex</emphasis>
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in
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simply because the montane
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populations assigned to
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFAFFD894641C7EB6" box="[1292,1397,1766,1791]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">I. ibarrai</emphasis>
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by
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Mendelson
<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFEE9D97F603A7F6A" box="[282,339,1802,1827]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">et al.</emphasis>
(2005)
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do not fit their morphological diagnosis of that species.
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Mendelson
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(2005
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, 13) stated that
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFF3BD95C60477F0E" box="[200,302,1838,1863]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">I. ibarrai</emphasis>
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is “A large species of
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(males to 82.4 mm SVL [snout-vent length]; females to 94.4 mm SVL).” The montane southwestern
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populations assigned to
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFCA7D92762D27F22" box="[852,955,1874,1899]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">I. ibarrai</emphasis>
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by
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Mendelson
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(2005)
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are among the smallest toads of the
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFE74D90460907FC6" box="[391,505,1911,1935]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">I. coccifer</emphasis>
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in
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, with
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males averaging 48.9 mm SVL and ten adult females averaging 61.8 mm SVL (McCranie
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). Recent collections of additional populations of these montane southwestern
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toads confirm they represent a small species in the
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC7FFAFFAD8D9CC64F57F9E" box="[1323,1436,1983,2007]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="356">I. coccifer</emphasis>
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. Thus, I remain to have problems assigning those populations of small toads to the “large” toad species
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC6FFAEFA7FDEEA618F789C" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="357">I. ibarrai</emphasis>
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. At the same time, the populations of “large” toads from the Pacific lowlands of southern
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were assigned to the “small” species
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC6FFAEFDF1DE92631C78B1" box="[514,629,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="357">I. coccifer</emphasis>
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by
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Mendelson
<emphasis id="B978612BFFC6FFAEFCDBDE92620B78B1" box="[808,866,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="357">et al.</emphasis>
(2005)
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. Those southern toads are known to reach 68.8 mm SVL in males and 99.2 mm SVL in females (pers. observ.). Recent collections of those southern toads from additional localities confirm their large size.
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Mendelson
<emphasis id="B978612BFFC6FFAEFC96DF5A62C97909" box="[869,928,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="357">et al.</emphasis>
(2011)
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continued to call the small montane southwestern
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toads
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC6FFAEFE1DDF3E633F792C" box="[494,598,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="357">I. ibarrai</emphasis>
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, without mention of their small sizes, but did mention the possibility that those populations might represent an undescribed species based on molecular data. They also continued to classify the large southern
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populations as the small
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC6FFAEFCD5DFE662F579E5" box="[806,924,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="357">I. coccifer</emphasis>
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. A fundamental requirement of taxonomic conclusions is that the data needs to match that of the diagnosis. A review of the
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC6FFAEFBB2DFCA65DC7999" box="[1089,1205,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="357">I. coccifer</emphasis>
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is planned using both morphological and molecular data sets. Either new species need to be proposed for the montane southwestern and southern Pacific
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population, or expanded definitions of both
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC6FFAEFB79DC7265987A51" box="[1162,1265,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="357">I. ibarrai</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC6FFAEFAD9DC7264F57A51" box="[1322,1436,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="357">I. coccifer</emphasis>
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are needed.
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Mendelson
<emphasis id="B978612BFFC6FFAEFE52DC5660B37A74" box="[417,474,548,573]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="357">et al.</emphasis>
(2011
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, 19), still not mentioning the size differences McCranie had previously pointed out (both for their definitions of
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC6FFAEFDF7DC3A63057A29" box="[516,620,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="357">I. ibarrai</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC6FFAEFD50DC3A627D7A29" box="[675,788,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="357">I. coccifer</emphasis>
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) stated that McCranie and coworkers “brought no data to dispute” the
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Mendelson
<emphasis id="B978612BFFC6FFAEFE5FDC1E608F7ACC" box="[428,486,620,645]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="357">et al.</emphasis>
(2005)
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assignment of the small-sized montane southwestern
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toads to the large
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC6FFAEFF26DCE260527AE1" box="[213,315,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="357">I. ibarrai</emphasis>
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and large
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southern toads to the small
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC6FFAEFCA8DCE262A27AE1" box="[859,971,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="357">I. coccifer</emphasis>
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB3BD39FFC6FFAEFF34DCC765757BC9" blockId="5.[151,1436,151,1112]" pageId="5" pageNumber="357">
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC6FFAEFF34DCC760F37A84" box="[199,410,692,717]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="357">Incilius leucomyos</emphasis>
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(E) (McCranie &amp; Wilson 2000, 22). The toad from northeastern
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assigned to
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC6FFAEFA7FDCC660647AB9" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="357">I. leucomyos</emphasis>
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by
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Mendelson
<emphasis id="B978612BFFC6FFAEFE36DCAA60907AB9" box="[453,505,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="357">et al</emphasis>
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differs significantly from that species in several external morphological characters. Thus, those populations (including adjacent
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populations) likely represent an undescribed species.
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Mendelson
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, 1819) discussed at length that the “misidentification” of that northeastern
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specimen by previous workers resulted in their recovering a paraphyletic
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC6FFAEFBBBDD3665AA7B14" box="[1096,1219,836,861]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="357">I. valliceps</emphasis>
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. The
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apparent misidentification of that specimen further confuses the issue.
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC6FFAEFF34DDFF60EB7BEC" box="[199,386,908,933]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="357">Incilius luetkenii</emphasis>
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(Boulenger 1891, 455)
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC6FFAEFF34DDDC601B7B81" box="[199,370,943,968]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="357">Incilius porteri</emphasis>
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(E) (
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, 17).
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and
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did not recognize this nominal form as a valid species because of the basic problems with
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC6FFAEFA7FDDA6618F7C59" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="357">I. ibarrai</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC6FFAEFEEDDD8A60F87C59" box="[286,401,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="357">I. coccifer</emphasis>
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discussed above. The
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Mendelson
<emphasis id="B978612BFFC6FFAEFCE6DD8A62267C59" box="[789,847,1015,1040]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="357">et al.</emphasis>
(2005
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,
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) genetic data supports recognition of
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC6FFAEFA7FDD8A618C7C7D" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="357">I. porteri</emphasis>
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, but those authors have yet to provide convincing morphological data to support their genetic data.
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<taxonomicName id="4C0CC6BAFFC6FFAEFF34DA4C60EF7C11" ID-CoL="3PLDC" box="[199,390,1087,1112]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Incilius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="5" pageNumber="357" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="valliceps">
<emphasis id="B978612BFFC6FFAEFF34DA4C60EF7C11" box="[199,390,1087,1112]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="357">Incilius valliceps</emphasis>
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(Wiegmann 1833, col. 657)
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC6FFAEFF64DAF461847CE9" box="[151,237,1159,1184]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="357">Rhaebo</emphasis>
Cope 1862
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, 358 (1 species)
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<paragraph id="8BB3BD39FFC6FFAEFF34DADF63177C8C" blockId="5.[151,638,1159,1221]" box="[199,638,1196,1221]" pageId="5" pageNumber="357">
<taxonomicName id="4C0CC6BAFFC6FFAEFF34DADF60DB7C8C" ID-CoL="4RY94" box="[199,434,1196,1221]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Rhaebo" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="5" pageNumber="357" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="haematiticus">
<emphasis id="B978612BFFC6FFAEFF34DADF60DB7C8C" box="[199,434,1196,1221]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="357">Rhaebo haematiticus</emphasis>
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(Cope 1862, 157)
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC6FFAEFF64DA87619F7D44" box="[151,246,1268,1293]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="357">Rhinella</emphasis>
Fitzinger 1826
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, 39 (1 species)
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<emphasis id="B978612BFFC6FFAEFF34DB6460147D79" box="[199,381,1303,1328]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="357">Rhinella marina</emphasis>
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(Linnaeus 1758, 211)
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