Bleeding toad

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Bleeding toad
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Leptophryne
Species: L. cruentata
Binomial name
Leptophryne cruentata
(Tschudi, 1838)

The Bleeding toad also known as the fire toad (Leptophryne cruentata) is a species of toad endemic to Indonesia. It is listed as a critical endangered species due to a drastic population decline caused in part by the eruption of Mount Galunggung in 1982.

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