Tomopterna (common names: sand frogs, burrowing frogs, Old World bullfrogs) is a genus of frogs from sub-Saharan Africa.
Species The following species are recognised in the genus Tomopterna: Tomopterna ahli (Deckert, 1938) Tomopterna branchi Wilson and Channing, 2019 Tomopterna cryptotis (Boulenger, 1907) — common sand frog Tomopterna delalandii (Tschudi, 1838) — Delalande's sand frog Tomopterna elegans (Calabresi, 1927) Tomopterna gallmanni Wasonga & Channing, 2013Wasonga, D.V. & Channing, A. (2013). "Identification of sand frogs (Anura: Pyxicephalidae: Tomopterna) from Kenya with the description of two new species." Zootaxa 3734 (2):221–240. Tomopterna kachowskii Nikolskii, 1900Zimkus, B.M. & Larson, J.G. (2011). "Examination of the molecular relationships of sand frogs (Anura: Pyxicephalidae: Tomopterna) and resurrection of two species from the Horn of Africa." Zootaxa 2933: 27-45. Tomopterna krugerensis Passmore & Carruthers, 1975 — knocking sand frog Tomopterna luganga Channing, Moyer & Dawood, 2004 Tomopterna marmorata (Peters, 1854) — marbled sand frog Tomopterna milletihorsini (Angel, 1922) Tomopterna monticola (Fischer, 1884) Tomopterna natalensis (Smith, 1849) — Natal sand frog Tomopterna tandyi Channing & Bogart, 1996 — Tandy's sand frog Tomopterna tuberculosa (Boulenger, 1882) — rough sand frog Tomopterna wambensis Wasonga & Channing, 2013
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