Template:Did you know nominations/Nile Delta toad
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The result was: promoted by G S Palmer (talk • contribs) 19:58, 24 October 2014 (UTC)
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Nile Delta toad, Amietophrynus vittatus[edit]
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- ... that toads found in Egypt around 1909 and identified as Degen's toad (A. vittatus) are now considered a separate species, the Nile Delta toad (A. kassasii)?
- Reviewed: Apterostigma electropilosum
- Comment: Also reviewed Template:Did you know nominations/The Fat Cow. - Yes, species get misidentified all the time, but there is more to this story than most instances!
5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self nominated at 09:14, 11 September 2014 (UTC).
@Cwmhiraeth: The source relating to the hook itself is a paid online resource, but in the summary which I didn't need to pay for, it says the species was misidentified in 1906 as Bufo vittatus. This matches neither the hook nor the article. ~ R.T.G 21:48, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
- And that is specific to Nile Delta toad ~ R.T.G 21:49, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
- @RTG: I can see your difficulty! Both toads were originally included in the genus Bufo but in 2006, Frost split the large genus Bufo and created a new genus Amietophrynus to accommodate the African species. A bit complex for DYK. How about ALT1? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:16, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
- ALT1 ... that toads found in Egypt around 1909 and identified as Degen's toad are now considered a separate species, the Nile Delta toad?
Note: ALT0 or ALT1 no particular opinion. Review:Ticks all the boxes, prose, hook, sourced (1 paid online journal accounting a few sentences I didn't review), ~ R.T.G 12:24, 24 October 2014 (UTC)
