Biology:Bufotes latastii
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Bufotes |
| Species: | B. latastii
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| Bufotes latastii (Boulenger, 1882)
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Bufotes latastii, commonly known as the Baltistan toad, Ladakh toad or vertebral-banded toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae.[2][3] It is found in the West Himalaya n region at altitudes of 780–3,200 m (2,560–10,500 ft) from northern Pakistan to Ladakh in India; although sometimes reported elsewhere, this is the result of misidentifications of other species.[4] It is found in alpine forests, coniferous forests, grasslands, paddy fields, mountain desert and roadsides. It often lives near water, like lakes and ponds, in the riparian growth.[1][4] It can be beneficial to humans as it feeds on insects and their larvae within areas of agriculture.[3]
It is generally fairly common,[4] and not considered threatened by the IUCN, although locally declining due to habitat loss (logging), pesticides, and other sources of pollution.[1]
Adult B. latastii have a snout–to–vent length of about 4.5–6.2 cm (1.8–2.4 in).[3][5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matthias Stöck, Muhammad Sharif Khan, Sushil Dutta, Annemarie Ohler, Karthikeyan Vasudevan, S.P. Vijayakumar, Theodore Papenfuss, Steven Anderson, Sergius Kuzmin (2004). "Bufotes latastii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T54687A11174841. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T54687A11174841.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/54687/11174841. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2020). "Search for taxon: Bufotes latastii". American Museum of Natural History, New York. http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/content/search?taxon=%22Bufotes+latastii%22.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "AmphibiaWeb - Bufotes latastii". https://amphibiaweb.org/species/218.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Litvinchuk, S.N.; D.V. Skorinov; G.O. Mazepa; L.J. Borkin (2018). "Distribution of Bufotes latastii (Boulenger, 1882), endemic to the Western Himalaya". Alytes 36 (1–4): 314–327.
- ↑ Dufresnes, C. (2019). "Fifteen shades of green: The evolution of Bufotes toads revisited". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 141: 106615. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106615. PMID 31520778. https://lirias.kuleuven.be/bitstream/123456789/643281/2/dufrenes_etal_2019_RG.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q1946762 entry
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