Extinct toads and frogs from the Upper Pliocene deposits of Meade County, Kansas

THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SGIENGE BULLETIN Vol. XXVIII, pt. II.] November 15, 1042 [No. 10 Extinct Toads and Frogs from the Upper Pliocene Deposits of Meade County. Kansas By EDWARD H. TAYLOR, Professor of Zoology, Department of Zoology. University of Kansas CONTENTS PAGE Abstract 200 Introduction 200 Systematic descriptions 202 Family Pelobatidae Boulenger 202 Genus Scaphiopus Holbrook 202 Scaphiopus diversus, n. sp 202 Genus Neoscaphiopus, n. gen 203 Neoscaphiopus noblei, n. sp 204 Family Bufonidae Hogg 205 Genus Bufo Laurenti 205 Bufo sp.? Form A 205 Bufo sp.? Form B 206 Family Ranidae Linne 207 Genus Anchylorana, n. gen 207 Anchylorana moorei, n. sp 208 Anchylorana dubita, n. sp 209 Anchylorana robustocondyla, n. sp 211 Genus Rana Linne 212 Rana fayeae, n. sp 212 Rana meadensis, n. sp 213 Rana ephippium, n. sp 214 Rana rexroadensis, n. sp 215 Rana valida, n. sp 216 Rana parvis&ima, n. sp 217 Comments on the undescribed specimens 218 Comparison of the Rexroad amphibian fauna with the Recent fauna of western Kansas 219 References 221 (199)