Bufotes variabilis (Pallas, 1769) Variable Toad

Keywords., John Mulder, 2019, Annotated checklist of the herpetofauna (Amphibia, Reptilia) of Mount Ararat and surroundings, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 175) 13 (1), pp. 162-172 : 164

Bufotes variabilis (Pallas, 1769) Variable Toad

This taxon has a complex nomenclatural history. It had long been regarded as a synonym of the taxon Bufo viridis Laurenti 1768 and allocated to the genus Bufo , but was then briefly assigned to Pseudepidalea before Bufotes was chosen for this group ( Frost et al. 2006; Dubois and Bour 2010; Frost 2013). The records from the area under study were undoubtedly recognized as belonging to this taxon, irrespective of the names used.

Flärdh (1983): west slope of Ararat, 1980; Franzen and Sigg (1989): surroundings of Doğubayazıt, 1988; Norström (1990): west slope of Ararat and Iğdır plain; Mulder (1995): northwest slope of Ararat, 1987; Franzen and Heckes (1999): northeast of Karabulak (Ağrı) and south of Iğdır, 1990; Fonters and Fonters (web): Iğdır plain at the height of Suveren; Tosunoğlu et al. (2010): Taşburun, 2009; AdaMerOs (web): Aralık, 2012; AdaMerOs (web): Yukarı Çırıklı köyü/Tuzluca, 2012.