Yosemite Toad
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| Bufo canorus Camp, 1916 |
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Anaxyrus canorus |
The Yosemite Toad (Bufo canorus) is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family. It is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitats are temperate grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and tundra wetlands. It is threatened by habitat loss.
[edit] References
- 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.
- Hammerson, G., Grasso, R. & Davidson, C. 2004. Bufo canorus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
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