Firouzophrynus
Firouzophrynus is a genus of amphibians in the family Bufonidae found in parts of the Middle East and South Asia. This genus was named in 2020 by Iranian herpetologists Barbod Safaei-Mahroo and Hanyeh Ghaffari in honor of Eskandar Firouz, founder of environment department in Iran, who died in 2020.
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Firouzophrynus is a genus of amphibians in the family Bufonidae found in parts of the Middle East and South Asia. This genus was named in 2020 by Iranian herpetologists Barbod Safaei-Mahroo and Hanyeh Ghaffari in honor of Eskandar Firouz, founder of environment department in Iran, who died in 2020.
== Species == Firouzophrynus contains 5 species : Firouzophrynus dhufarensis (Parker, 1931) Firouzophrynus hololius (Günther, 1876) Firouzophrynus olivaceus (Blanford, 1874) Firouzophrynus peninsularis (Rao, 1920) Firouzophrynus stomaticus (Lütken, 1864)