Definition of Genus Bufo

1. Noun. Type genus of the Bufonidae; common toads of New and Old Worlds.

Generic synonyms: Amphibian Genus
Group relationships: Bufonidae, Family Bufonidae
Member holonyms: Bufo

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Bufo

genus Brugmansia
genus Brunfelsia
genus Brya
genus Bryanthus
genus Bryonia
genus Bryum
genus Bubalus
genus Bubo
genus Bubulcus
genus Bucephala
genus Buceros
genus Buchloe
genus Buckleya
genus Buddleia
genus Budorcas
genus Bufo (current term)
genus Bulnesia
genus Bumelia
genus Bungarus
genus Buphthalmum
genus Burhinus
genus Burmannia
genus Burmeisteria
genus Bursera
genus Butea
genus Buteo
genus Buxus
genus Cabomba
genus Cacajao

Literary usage of Genus Bufo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1873)
"The saying is expressive of an enforced, abject, and silent submission, as applicable to Mammalia, genus Home, as to .Reptilia, genus Bufo. ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Terminal phalanges obtuse or triangular. Distribution cosmopolitan, except Australia. In zoological classification the toad belongs to tho genus Bufo, ..."

3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1883)
"... the genus Bufo, which comprises about 80 species, having only about 4-5 Nearctic specific representatives (if we exclude the 6-7 species found in the ..."

4. The Tailless Batrachians of Europe by George Albert Boulenger (1898)
"FIG. 78. \ Open mouth of Bufo calamita. The genus Bufo, of which some 100 species are known, has representatives in most parts of the world, ..."

5. The Frog Book: North American Toads and Frogs, with a Study of the Habits by Mary Cynthia Dickerson (1906)
"The genus Bufo is lacking in the Australian region. Bufo is the only genus of the family found in North America, but this genus has thirteen species and a ..."

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