Biology:Sicilian green toad
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Bufo |
| Species: | B. siculus
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| Binomial name | |
| Bufo siculus Stöck et al., 2008
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The Sicilian green toad (Italian: rospo smeraldino siciliano) is a green toads found only in Sicily.
This toad previously attributed to the Bufo viridis is now recognized as a separate species (Bufo siculus). Recent studies on the Mediterranean populations of Bufo spp. demonstrated that this Sicilian taxon has a distinct mitochondrial haplotype differing in this respect from all other circum-Mediterranean green toad species. It is instead closely related to Bufo boulengeri a North African species of Bufo, from which it separated two million years ago between the Middle Pliocene and the Pleistocene.
References
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q1609566 entry
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