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Breviceps  Merrem, 1820
Taxonomic Serial No.: 207072

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Engystoma Fitzinger, 1826
  
    Systoma Wagler, 1830
  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2019   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAmphibia  – amphibiens, anfíbio, Amphibians  
                         OrderAnura  – Frogs, perereca, rã, sapo, crapauds, grenouilles, Toads  
                            FamilyBrevicipitidae Bonaparte, 1850  
                               GenusBreviceps Merrem, 1820  
    Direct Children:  
                                  SpeciesBreviceps acutirostris Poynton, 1963  
                                  SpeciesBreviceps adspersus Peters, 1882  
                                  SpeciesBreviceps bagginsi Minter, 2003  
                                  SpeciesBreviceps branchi Channing, 2012  
                                  SpeciesBreviceps carruthersi Du Preez, Netherlands and Minter, 2017  
                                  SpeciesBreviceps fichus Channing and Minter, 2004  
                                  SpeciesBreviceps fuscus Hewitt, 1925  
                                  SpeciesBreviceps gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758)  
                                  SpeciesBreviceps macrops Boulenger, 1907  
                                  SpeciesBreviceps montanus Power, 1926  
                                  SpeciesBreviceps mossambicus Peters, 1854  
                                  SpeciesBreviceps namaquensis Power, 1926  
                                  SpeciesBreviceps passmorei Minter, Netherlands and Du Preez, 2017  
                                  SpeciesBreviceps pentheri Werner, 1899  
                                  SpeciesBreviceps poweri Parker, 1934  
                                  SpeciesBreviceps rosei Power, 1926  
                                  SpeciesBreviceps sopranus Minter, 2003  
                                  SpeciesBreviceps sylvestris FitzSimons, 1930  
                                  SpeciesBreviceps verrucosus Rapp, 1842  
       

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  Source: Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference v6, database (version 6.0)  
  Acquired: 2019   
  Notes: Frost, Darrel R. 2019. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6 (12 September, 2019). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA   
  Reference for: Breviceps   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Frost, Darrel R.   
  Publication Date: 1997   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Amphibian Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition   
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  Publisher: Electronic manuscript supplied by compiler   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, U.S.A.   
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