Costa Rican toads

[jkooiman]

Thanks very much for this post! Bufo's are my first love. I'm still having a helluva time wrapping my head around the new taxonomy of toads in the New world. Can anyone on here give me a very basic rundown on this modern taxonomy? For example why is (Bufo) Rhinella marinus, but (Bufo) valliceps not a Rhinella? Thanks! JVK

[Deku]

Thanks very much for this post! Bufo's are my first love. I'm still having a helluva time wrapping my head around the new taxonomy of toads in the New world. Can anyone on here give me a very basic rundown on this modern taxonomy? For example why is (Bufo) Rhinella marinus, but (Bufo) valliceps not a Rhinella? Thanks! JVK

Don't worry bud! I have the same issue. Once I finally learnt alot of the old names for some animals. Turns out its outdated and a new name kicks in. I'm too lazy to learn the new names so I go by the old names. Pretty sure people will understand if you still use bufo. Not sure though.