Biology:Mountain toad

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Mountain toad
Incilius cavifrons cropped.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Incilius
Species:
I. cavifrons
Binomial name
Incilius cavifrons
(Firschein, 1950)
Bufo cavifrons distribution.svg
Synonyms
  • Bufo cavifrons Firschein, 1950
  • Cranopsis cavifrons (Firschein, 1950)

The mountain toad (Incilius cavifrons) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to the Sierra de los Tuxtlas region in southern Veracruz state, Mexico.[1][2]

Its natural habitats are tropical pine-oak forests. It breeds in streams.[1]

This naturally rare species is threatened by habitat loss caused by agricultural activities, wood extraction, and infrastructure development.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2016). "Incilius cavifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T54605A176773178. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T54605A176773178.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/54605/176773178. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Incilius cavifrons (Firschein, 1950)". 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/Hylidae/Hylinae/Ecnomiohyla/Ecnomiohyla-valancifer. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1389237 entry