Nectophryne

Nectophryne
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Bufonidae
Genus:	Nectophryne Buchholz & Peters In Peters, 1875
Species
See table.

Nectophryne (African Tree Toads) is a small genus of true toads with only two species. They are native to western Africa - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, northeastern Congo, Bioko and Equatorial Guinea. Nectophryne afra uses small bodies of water to lay its eggs which are then guarded by the male.

Species

Binomial Name and Author	Common Name
Nectophryne afra Buchholz & Peters in Peters, 1875	African Tree Toad
Nectophryne batesii Boulenger, 1913	Bates' Tree Toad

External links

Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). Nectophryne. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: May 04, 2008).
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Nectophryne. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: May 04, 2008).
eol - Encyclopedia of Life taxon Nectophryne at http://www.eol.org.
ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database Taxon Nectophryne at http://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: May 04, 2008).
GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxon Nectophryne at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm