Il rospo calamita, Epidalea calamita (Laurenti, 1768)

Nomi comuni esteri - Spagnolo - Sapo corredor. Catalano - Gripau corredor, Gripau ratllat. Basco - Apo lasterkaria. Galiziano - Sapo corriqueiro. Francese - Crapaud calamite. Portoghese - Sapo-corredor. Inglese - Natterjack Toad, Natterjack. Gaelico - Buaf. Tedesco - Kreuzkröte. Svezia - Strandpadda. Norvegia - Strandpadde. Finlandia - Haisukonna. Danimarca - Strandtudse. Olanda - Rugstreeppad, Heidefroask. Polonia - Ropucha paskówka. Ungheria - Nádi varangy. Repubblica Ceca - Ropucha krátkonohá. Slovacchia - Ropucha krátkonohá.

Classificazione scientifica - Regno: Animalia. Sottoregno: Eumetazoa. Phylum: Chordata. Subphylum: Vertebrata. Superclasse: Gnathostomata. Classe: Amphibia. Sottoclasse: Lissamphibia. Ordine: Anura. Sottordine: Procoela. Famiglia: Bufonidae. Genere: Bufo.

Bufo calamita Laurenti, 1768, Spec. Med. Exhib. Synops. Rept.: 27, 119. Materiale tipo: include i rospi illustrati da Roesel von Rosenhof, 1758, Hist. Nat. Ran. Nost.: pl. 24. Località tipo: "in variis latebris terrae rimis, murorum cavis, ac foraminibus"; ristretta a "Mitteldeutschland" (= Germania centrale) da Mertens & Müller, 1928, Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges., 41: 18; ristretta a "Nürnberg", Germania, da Mertens & Müller, 1940, Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges., 451: 17.
Rana foetidissima Hermann, 1783, Tab. Aff. Animal. Acad. Spec.: 260. Materiale tipo: non riportato o conosciuto. Località tipo: non riportata. Sinonimo di Oken, 1816, Lehrb. Naturgesch., 3(2): 209; Schinz, 1822, Thierr. Naturgesch., 2: 171; Bonaparte, 1835, Iconograph. Fauna Ital., 2(Fasc. 14): non numerato; Tschudi, 1838, Classif. Batr.: 88; Günther, 1859 "1858", Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus.: 57 (non menzionato dal Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2, ); Boulenger, 1898, Tailless Batr. Eur., 2, . Note: nella pubblicazione originale non è chiaro se "Ranae foetidissimae" sia qualcosa di più che una generalizzazione vernacolare o la creazione di un nuovo nome DRF.
Rana portentosa Blumenbach, 1788, Handb. Naturgesch., Ed. 3: 262. Sostituzione di nome per Bufo calamita. Sinonimo di Retzius, 1800, Fauna Svec., ed. 3, 1: 284; Oken, 1816, Lehrb. Naturgesch., 3(2): 209; Schinz, 1822, Thierr. Naturgesch., 2: 171; Bonaparte, 1835, Iconograph. Fauna Ital., 2(Fasc. 14): non numerato; Tschudi, 1838, Classif. Batr.: 88; Bonaparte, 1840, Mem. Accad. Sci. Torino, Ser. 2, 2: 448; Günther, 1859 "1858", Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus.: 57; Schreiber, 1875, Herpetol. Eur.: 141; (non menzionato dal Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2, ); Boulenger, 1898, Tailless Batr. Eur., 2: 236.
Rana ecaudata Razoumovsky, 1789, Hist. Nat. Jorat, 1: 281. Materiale tipo: non riportato o conosciuto. Località tipo: "environs de Crissier", Svizzera. Sinonimo di Fatio, 1872, Fauna Vert. Suisse, 3: 402.
Bufo cruciatus Schneider, 1799, Hist. Amph. Nat.: 193. Materiale tipo: specimen raffigurato da Roesel von Rosenhof, 1758, Hist. Nat. Ran. Nost.: 106, pl. 24. Località tipo: "Germania". Sinonimo di Daudin, 1802 "An. XI", Hist. Nat. Rain. Gren. Crap., Quarto: 77; Daudin, 1803 "An. XI", Hist. Nat. Gen. Part. Rept., 8: 153; Schinz, 1822, Thierr. Naturgesch., 2: 171; Tschudi, 1838, Classif. Batr.: 88; Bonaparte, 1840, Mem. Accad. Sci. Torino, Ser. 2, 2: 448; Günther, 1859 "1858", Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus.: 57; Schreiber, 1875, Herpetol. Eur.: 141; Boulenger, 1881 "1880", Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1880: 547; Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 294.
Rana mephitica Shaw, 1802, Gen. Zool., 3(1): 143. Materiale tipo: basato in parte sullo specimen raffigurato da Roesel von Rosenhof, 1758, Hist. Nat. Ran. Nost.: 106, pl. 24, fig. 1. Località tipo: "Germany". Sinonimo di Gravenhorst, 1807, Vergleich. Uebersicht Linn. Neuern Zool. Syst.: 435; Schinz, 1822, Thierr. Naturgesch., 2: 171; Tschudi, 1838, Classif. Batr.: 88; Bonaparte, 1840, Mem. Accad. Sci. Torino, Ser. 2, 2: 448; Duméril & Bibron, 1841, Erp. Gen., 8: 681; Schreiber, 1875, Herpetol. Eur.: 141; Boulenger, 1898, Tailless Batr. Eur., 2: 236.
Bufo portentosa Leunis, 1844, Synops. Drei Naturr., Zool., Ed. 1: 147.
Epidalea calamita Cope, 1864, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 16: 181. Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, & Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 365.
Bufo calamita var. alpestris Koch, 1872, Ber. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges., 1871-72: 169. Materiale tipo: non menzionato, probabilmente presente in origine al SMF. Località tipo: "dieselbe bei Dillenburg und Herborn, vereinzelt an höheren trockenen Bergen der Lahngegend", Germania.
Bufo viridis var. calamita Camerano, 1884 "1883", Mem. Accad. Sci. Torino, Ser. 2, 35: 233.

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