Pseudepidalea latastii

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Ladakh Toad
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Pseudepidalea
Species: P. latastii
Binomial name
Pseudepidalea latastii
(Boulenger, 1882)

The Ladakh Toad Pseudepidalea (Bufo) latastii is a species of toad found in Ladakh.

[edit] Description

Crown without bony ridges; snout short, blunt; interorbital space narrower than the upper eyelid; tympanum very distinct, half the diameter of the eye. First finger not extending beyond second; toes two-thirds webbed, with double subartieular tubercles; two moderate metatarsal tubercles; a tarsal fold. The tarsometatarsal articulation reaches the tympanum or the hinder border of the eye. Upper parts with irregular, depressed, distinctly porous warts; parotoids moderate, kidney-shaped; a parotoid-like gland on the calf. Olive above, spotted or marbled with blackish; a light vertebral band; beneath more or less spotted or marbled with blackish. [1]

From snout to vent 2.2 inches. Found in Ladakh'

[edit] References

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