Definition of Bufo. Meaning of Bufo. Synonyms of Bufo

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Definition of Bufo

Bufo
Bufo Bu"fo, n. [L. bufo a toad.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of Amphibia including various species of toads.

Meaning of Bufo from wikipedia

- Bufo is a genus of true toads in the amphibian family Bufonidae. As traditionally defined, it was a wastebasket genus containing a large number of toads...
- European toad, or in Anglophone parts of Europe, simply the toad (Bufo bufo, from Latin bufo "toad"), is a toad found throughout most of Europe (with the exception...
- to bufotenin, Bufo secretions also contain digoxin-like cardiac glycosides, and ingestion of the poison can be fatal. Ingestion of Bufo toad toxins and...
- throughout Central and South America, but it was formerly ****igned to the genus Bufo. A fossil toad (specimen UCMP 41159) from the La Venta fauna of the late...
- taxonomic treatments place this species in the genus Anaxyrus instead of Bufo. A. americ**** eggs are bicolored. They are often a roughly equal mixture...
- range of colours and the pupils in a range of shapes. The common toad (Bufo bufo) has golden irises and horizontal slit-like pupils, the red-e**** tree...
- gave it the name Bufo woodhousii in honor of the American physician and naturalist Samuel Washington Woodhouse. The large genus Bufo was split by Frost...
- been observed in Thamnophis species, Cubophis vudii, Natrix natrix, Bufo bufo, Bufo boreas, and other species. In the context of amphibians, mating balls...
- considered a subspecies of Woodhouse's toad (Anaxyrus woodhousii, formerly Bufo woodhousii). The specific name, fowleri, is in honor of naturalist Samuel...
- 1828) Bufo (Bombinator) bombina (Cuvier, 1829) Bombitator bombinus (Wagler, 1830) Bufo cruentus (Dvigubsky, 1832) Bufo bombinus (Schinz, 1833) Bufo bombina...