Southwestern Toad

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Southwestern Toad
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Bufo
Species: B. mexicanus
Binomial name
Bufo mexicanus
Brocchi, 1879
Synonyms

Anaxyrus mexicanus

The Southwestern Toad (Bufo mexicanus) is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] Source

  • 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.
  • Santos-Barrera, G. & Canseco-Márquez, L. 2004. Bufo mexicanus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
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