Holdridge's Toad

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Holdridge's Toad
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Bufo
Species: B. holdridgei
Binomial name
Bufo holdridgei
Taylor, 1952
Synonyms

Cranopsis holdridgei

Holdridge's Toad (Bufo holdridgei) is a species of toad endemic to Costa Rica. It is listed as a critical endangered species due to a drastic population decline.

[edit] References

IUCN

  • Frost, Darrel (2006). "The Amphibian Tree of Life". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297: 364. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2006)297[0001:TATOL]2.0.CO;2. 
  • Pauly, G. B., D. M. Hillis, and D. C, Cannatella. (2004) The history of a Nearctic colonization: Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of the Nearctic toads (Bufo). Evolution 58: 2517–2535.
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