Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
By 1823
Primary Source Reference:
Thomas Say's description in Edwin James, comp., Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, Performed in the years 1819 and '20: By Order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Sec'y of War: Under the Command of Major Stephen H. Long. From the Notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and Other Gentlemen of the Exploring Party, 3 vols. (London, 1823), 2: 190 / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40217136
Additional Source Text:
"Read December 12, 1826"
Notes:
Richard Harlan also described this species (from the same specimen) in "Genera of North American Reptilia, and a Synopsis of the Species," Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 5, part 2 (1827): 317-372 (described on p. 345) / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/246574
Specimen Type:
Live (presumably eventually taxidermied/preserved)
Peale's Scientific Name:
Bufo cognatus (Say's name)
Current Common Name:
Great Plains toad
Current Scientific Name
Anaxyrus cognatus
