Bufo bankorensis Barbour, 1908
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Bankor toads in amplexus (Bufo bankorensis) in Taipei, Taiwan.
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Open encyclopedia reference
Bufo bankorensis (vernacular names: Central Formosa toad, Bankor toad) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to Taiwan and widely distributed at elevations up to 3,000 m (9,800 ft) above sea level. There have been doubts about its separatedness from Bufo gargarizans from China and even other species, but it is currently considered a valid species.
Wikipedia contributors, Bufo bankorensis; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T15:34:41.109418+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Bufo bankorensis Barbour, 1908
- Name authority
- Barbour, 1908
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Bufonidae
- Genus
- Bufo
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyBufonidae Gray, 1825
- genusBufo Garsault, 1764
- speciesBufo bankorensis Barbour, 1908
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Bufo. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Bufo minshanicus Stejneger, 1926 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bufo ailaoanus Kou, 1984 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bufo andrewsi Schmidt, 1925 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| European ToadBufo bufo (Linnaeus, 1758) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bufo cryptotympanicus Liu & Hu, 1962 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bufo eichwaldi Litvinchuk, Borkin, Skorinov & Rosanov, 2008 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bufo luchunnicus (Yang & Rao in Yang, 2008) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bufo torrenticola Matsui, 1976 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Caucasian ToadBufo verrucosissimus (Pallas, 1814) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bufo yunlingensis Rao, Hui, Zhu & Ma, 2022 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bufo praetextatus Boie, 1826 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bufo tuberculatus Zarevskij, 1926 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Bufo japonicus bankorensis Barbour, 1908 Barbour, 1908 | synonym |
| Bufo bufo bankorensis Barbour, 1908 Barbour, 1908 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=661735 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:NNZD. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.