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Barbarophryne brongersmai (Hoogmoed, 1972)
Tiznit Toad, Brongersma’s Toad, Moroccan Green Toad, Anti-Atlas Toad | family: Bufonidae genus: Barbarophryne |
| Species Description: Hoogmoed, M. S. (1972). “On a new species of toad from southern Morocco.” Zoologische Mededelingen. Leiden 47: 49–64. | |
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Etymology: Hoogmoed (1972) originally named Bufo brongersmai in honor of the director of the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Professor Doctor Leo Daniel Brongersma (Hoogmoed 1995). Beukema et al. (2013) derived the genus Barbarophryne from “Barbaro”, in relation to Barbary, a Northwestern African region that is northern to the Sahara, and “-phryne”, which is "toad" in Greek. |
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