Bleeding toad | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Bufonidae |
Genus: | Leptophryne |
Species: | L. cruentata |
Binomial name | |
Leptophryne cruentata (Tschudi, 1838) |
The Bleeding toad also known as the fire toad (Leptophryne cruentata) is a species of toad endemic to Indonesia. It is listed as a critical endangered species due to a drastic population decline caused in part by the eruption of Mount Galunggung in 1982.