Biology:Ansonia (frog)
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Short description: Genus of amphibians
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| Kinabalu slender toad | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Ansonia Stoliczka, 1870 |
| Diversity | |
| 34 species (see text) | |
Ansonia is a genus of true toads found in south India , northern Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Tioman Island, Borneo, and Mindanao (Philippines ).[1] These small forest species spawn in streams and have torrent-adapted tadpoles.[2] Common name stream toads has been coined for the genus, although individual species are also being referred to as slender toads.[1]
The genus was named by Stoliczka after the governor of Penang, Colonel Edward Anson.[3]
Species
There are currently over 34 species in this genus:[1][4]
| Binomial name and authority | Common name |
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| Ansonia albomaculata Inger, 1960 | whitebelly stream toad |
| Ansonia echinata Inger & Stuebing, 2009 | spiny slender toad |
| Ansonia endauensis Grismer, 2006 | Endau stream toad[5] |
| Ansonia fuliginea (Mocquard, 1890) | North Borneo stream toad |
| Ansonia glandulosa (Iskandar & Mumpuni, 2004) | |
| Ansonia guibei Inger, 1966 | Mesilau stream toad |
| Ansonia hanitschi Inger, 1960 | Kadamaian stream toad |
| Ansonia inthanon Matsui, Nabhitabhata & Panha, 1998 | Inthanon stream toad |
| Ansonia jeetsukumarani Wood, Grismer, Norhayati, and Senawi, 2008 | |
| Ansonia khaochangensis Grismer, Wood, Aowphol, Cota, Grismer, Murdoch, Aguilar, and Grismer, 2016 | |
| Ansonia kraensis Matsui, Khonsue, & Nabhitabhata, 2005 | Kra stream toad[2] |
| Ansonia kyaiktiyoensis Quah, Grismer, Wood, Thura, Oaks, and Lin, 2019 | |
| Ansonia latidisca Inger, 1966 | Sambas stream toad |
| Ansonia latiffi Wood, Grismer, Norhayati, and Senawi, 2008 | |
| Ansonia latirostra Grismer, 2006 | |
| Ansonia leptopus (Günther, 1872) | Matang stream toad |
| Ansonia longidigita Inger, 1960 | long-fingered stream toad |
| Ansonia lumut Chan, Wood, Anuar, Muin, Quah, Sumarli, and Grismer, 2014 | mossy stream toad |
| Ansonia malayana Inger, 1960 | pigmy false toad |
| Ansonia mcgregori (Taylor, 1922) | McGregor's stream toad |
| Ansonia minuta Inger, 1960 | tiny stream toad |
| Ansonia muelleri (Boulenger, 1887) | Muller's stream toad |
| Ansonia penangensis Stoliczka, 1870 | Penang stream toad |
| Ansonia phuketensis Matsui, Khonsue, and Panha, 2018 | |
| Ansonia pilokensis Matsui, Khonsue, and Panha, 2018 | |
| Ansonia platysoma (Inger, 1960 | Luidan stream toad |
| Ansonia siamensis Kiew, 1985 | Siamese stream toad |
| Ansonia smeagol Davies et al., 2016 | Precious stream toad[6] |
| Ansonia spinulifer (Mocquard, 1890) | Kina Balu stream toad |
| Ansonia teneritas Waser et al., 2016 | Gracile slender toad |
| Ansonia thinthinae Wilkinson, Sellas, and Vindum, 2012 | |
| Ansonia tiomanica Hendrickson, 1966 | Pulo Tioman stream toad |
| Ansonia torrentis Dring, 1983 | Gunung Mulu stream toad |
| Ansonia vidua Hertwig, Min, Haas, and Das, 2014 | widow slender toad |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Frost, Darrel R. (2020). "Ansonia Stoliczka, 1870". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Bufonidae/Ansonia.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsui, Masafumi; Khonsue, Wichase; Nabhitabhata, Jarujin (2005). "A new Ansonia from the Isthmus of Kra, Thailand (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae)". Zoological Science 22 (7): 809–814. doi:10.2108/zsj.22.809. PMID 16082171. http://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/65038/1/K021.pdf.
- ↑ Description
- ↑ "Bufonidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2016. http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Bufonidae.shtml.
- ↑ Grismer, L Lee (2006). "A new species of Ansonia Stoliczka, 1870 (Anura: Bufonidae) from a lowland rainforest in Southern Peninsular Malaysia". Herpetologica 62 (4): 466–475. doi:10.1655/0018-0831(2006)62[466:ANSOAS2.0.CO;2].
- ↑ "Ansonia smeagol". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 15 January 2018. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/125164376/0. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
External links
- eol - Encyclopedia of Life taxon Ansonia at http://www.eol.org.
- ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database Taxon Ansonia at https://web.archive.org/web/20160606043808/http://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: Apr 30, 2008).
- GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxon Ansonia at https://web.archive.org/web/20080501142231/http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm
Wikidata ☰ Q771554 entry
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