{{Short description|Genus of amphibians}} {{automatic taxobox | image = Tomopterna tandyi02.jpg | image_caption = Tandy's sand frog (''Tomopterna tandyi'') | taxon = Tomopterna | authority = Duméril & Bibron, 1841 | type_species = ''Pyxicephalus delalandii'' | type_species_authority = Tschudi, 1838 }}
'''''Tomopterna''''' (common names: '''sand frogs''', '''burrowing frogs''', '''Old World bullfrogs''') is a genus of frogs from sub-Saharan Africa.<ref name=frost/>
==Species== The following species are recognised in the genus ''Tomopterna'':<ref name=frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Pyxicephalidae/Cacosterninae/Tomopterna |title=''Tomopterna'' Duméril and Bibron, 1841 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2014 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=3 May 2014}}</ref><ref name=AmphibiaWeb>{{cite web |url=http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Pyxicephalidae.shtml |title=Pyxicephalidae |year=2014 |work=AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application] |publisher=Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb |accessdate=3 May 2014}}</ref> * ''Tomopterna ahli'' <small>(Deckert, 1938)</small> * ''Tomopterna branchi'' <small>Wilson and Channing, 2019</small> * ''Tomopterna cryptotis'' <small>(Boulenger, 1907)</small> — common sand frog * ''Tomopterna delalandii'' <small>(Tschudi, 1838)</small> — Delalande's sand frog * ''Tomopterna elegans'' <small>(Calabresi, 1927)</small><ref name="ZT2933"/> * ''Tomopterna gallmanni'' <small>Wasonga & Channing, 2013</small><ref name="ZT3734">Wasonga, 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.</ref> * ''Tomopterna kachowskii'' <small>Nikolskii, 1900</small><ref name="ZT2933">Zimkus, 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.</ref> * ''Tomopterna krugerensis'' <small>Passmore & Carruthers, 1975</small> — knocking sand frog * ''Tomopterna luganga'' <small>Channing, Moyer & Dawood, 2004</small> * ''Tomopterna marmorata'' <small>(Peters, 1854)</small> — marbled sand frog * ''Tomopterna milletihorsini'' <small>(Angel, 1922)</small> * ''Tomopterna monticola'' <small>(Fischer, 1884)</small> * ''Tomopterna natalensis'' <small>(Smith, 1849)</small> — Natal sand frog * ''Tomopterna tandyi'' <small>Channing & Bogart, 1996</small> — Tandy's sand frog * ''Tomopterna tuberculosa'' <small>(Boulenger, 1882)</small> — rough sand frog * ''Tomopterna wambensis'' <small>Wasonga & Channing, 2013</small><ref name="ZT3734"/>
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
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Category:Tomopterna Category:Pyxicephalidae Category:Amphibians of Sub-Saharan Africa Category:Amphibian genera Category:Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron Category:Taxa named by Auguste Duméril
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