''Barbourula'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
amphibian commonly referred to as jungle toads. They are small toads of the fire-bellied toad family,
Bombinatoridae
Bombinatoridae is a family of toads found in Eurasia. Species of the family have flattened bodies and some are highly toxic.
Taxonomy and systematics
Fossil specimens of the genus ''Bombina'' are known from the Pliocene to the Pleistocene. The ...
, found in the
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
and
Borneo
Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java Isl ...
.
Species
References
Amphibian Species of the World, ''Barbourula''Living Underworld, Bombinatoridae
Amphibian genera
Taxa named by Edward Harrison Taylor
Taxa named by Gladwyn Kingsley Noble
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