Bufotes variabilis

Classification

Bufotes variabilis is a species of frog in the Bufonidae family.

Distribution

This species has a wide geographical distribution, found in:

* Northern Germany, Denmark, and southern Sweden
* Greece, Cyprus, and Turkey
* Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia
* Lebanon and Syria
* Iraq and Iran
* Kazakhstan and southern Russia

Specimens from Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen are not clearly attached to this species, and may be either Bufotes variabilis, Bufotes ballangeri, or Bufotes viridis.

Taxonomy

The species was first described by Pallas in 1769 as part of his work "Spicilegia zoologica". Müller (1776) also provided a description of the species in his book "Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus".

Publications

* Andrén & Nilson, 1979: A new species of toad (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae) from the Kavir Desert, Iran. Journal of Herpetology.
* Eiselt & Schmidtler, 1971: Vorlaufige Mitteilung uber zwei neue Subspezies von Amphibia Salientia aus dem Iran. Annalen of the Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien.
* Müller, 1776: Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae and Norvegiae Indigenarum Characters, Nomina, and Synonyma Imprimis Popularium.
* Pallas, 1769 : Spicilegia zoologica : quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur, vol. 7.

References

* Catalogue of Life: Pseudepidalea variabilis (Pallas, 1769) Consulted on 14 October 2018
* Amphibian Species of the World: Bufotes variabilis