Subdesert Toad
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| Amietophrynus xeros Tandy, Tandy, Keith & Duff-MacKay, 1976 |
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| Bufo wazae Hulselmans, 1977
Bufo xeros |
The Subdesert Toad (Amietophrynus xeros) is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family. It is found in Algeria, Cameroon, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Western Sahara, possibly Angola, possibly Benin, possibly Burkina Faso, possibly Central African Republic, possibly Democratic Republic of the Congo, possibly Guinea-Bissau, and possibly Nigeria. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, intermittent rivers, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, hot deserts, and arable land. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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- Rödel, M.-O., Largen, M., Howell, K., Tandy, M., Salvador, A. & Lötters, S. 2004. Bufo xeros. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
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