Pedostibes

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Pedostibes

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Bufonidae
Genus:	Pedostibes Günther, 1876

Species

6 species; see table.

Pedostibes (Asian Tree Toads) is a genus of true toads endemic to South India, Malay Peninsula to Borneo and Sumatra. These species are characterized by horizontal pupils, elliptical tongue, entire and free behind, webbed fingers and toes, tips which are dilated into regular discs and united outer metatarsals.

[edit] Species

Binomial Name and Author	Common Name
Pedostibes everetti (Boulenger, 1896)	Everett's Asian Tree Toad
Pedostibes hosii (Boulenger, 1892)	Boulenger's Asian Tree Toad
Pedostibes kempi (Boulenger, 1919)	Kemp's Asian Tree Toad
Pedostibes maculatus (Mocquard, 1890)	Spotted Asian Tree Toad
Pedostibes rugosus Inger, 1958	Inger's Asian Tree Toad
Pedostibes tuberculosus Günther, 1876	Warty Asian Tree Toad

[edit] External Links

Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). Pedostibes. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: May 07, 2008).
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Pedostibes. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: May 07, 2008).
eol - Encyclopedia of Life taxon Pedostibes at http://www.eol.org.
ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database Taxon Pedostibes at http://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: May 07, 2008).
GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxon Pedostibes at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm