Pedostibes tuberculosus

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Bufonidae Genus: Pedostibes Species: P. tuberculosus
Binomial name
Pedostibes tuberculosus Günther, 1876
Synonyms
Nectophryne tuberculosus

Pedostibes tuberculosus is a species of toad found in the Western Ghats of India.

[edit] Description

Habit moderately slender. Head moderate ; snout subacuminate, loreal region vertical; mterorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid; tympanum distinct, one third the width of the eye. Fingers moderate, depressed, webbed at the base, first half the length ot second; toes moderate, nearly entirely webbed; tips o£ fingers and toes dilated into broad truncated disks, those of toes rather smaller than those of fingers; subarticular tubercles small; two small, flat metatarsal tubercles ; no tarsal fold. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the metatarsal tubercles reach to between the eye and tip of the snout. Skin of upper parts tubercular, the largest tubercles being arranged along each side of the back. Brownish grey above, sides darker; a white band from below the eye to the axil; another white longitudinal hand in the lumbar region; beneath dark-spotted. Male with a subgular vocal sac.^[1]

From snout to vent 1.4 inches.

Malabar.

[edit] References

1. ^ Boulenger, G. A. (1890) Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.