Kihansi Spray Toad

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iKihansi Spray Toad
Conservation status
Critically endangered (CR)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Bufonidae Genus: Nectophrynoides Species: N. asperginis
Binomial name
Nectophrynoides asperginis Poynton, Howell, Clarke & Lovett, 1999

The Kihansi Spray Toad, Nectophrynoides asperginis, is a dwarf toad, with adults reaching no more than three quarters of an inch long. It was discovered in 1996. It was found only in spray zone around the Kihansi and Mhalala waterfalls in the southern Udzungwa Mountains in Tanzania. It is listed as a critical endangered species due to a restricted range, habitat loss and a declining population.

[edit] References

• Poynton et al (2004). Nectophrynoides asperginis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a range map and justification for why this species is critically endangered

IUCN

[edit] External links

• Kihansi Spray Toad faces extinction
• Decline of the Kihansi Spray Toad
• It's Not Easy Being Green: Just Ask A Kihansi Spray Toad
• Four of Tanzania's endemic species have been pushed to the brink of extinction: Why?