Ansonia (toad)
Ansonia | |
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Kinabalu Slender Toad | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Bufonidae |
Genus: | Ansonia Stoliczka, 1870 |
Diversity | |
28 species (see text) |
Ansonia is a genus of true toads (stream toads) found in south India, northern Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Tioman Island, Borneo, and Mindanao (Philippines).[1] These small forest species spawn in streams and have torrent-adapted tadpoles.[2]
Species
There are currently 28 species in this genus:[1][3]
Binomial name and authority | Common name |
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Ansonia albomaculata Inger, 1960 | whitebelly stream toad |
Ansonia anotis Inger, Tan & Yambun, 2001 | |
Ansonia echinata Inger & Stuebing, 2009 | |
Ansonia endauensis Grismer, 2006 | Endau stream toad[4] |
Ansonia fuliginea (Mocquard, 1890) | North Borneo stream toad |
Ansonia glandulosa (Iskandar & Mumpuni, 2004) | |
Ansonia guibei Inger, 1966 | Mesilau stream toad |
Ansonia hanitschi Inger, 1960 | Kadamaian stream toad |
Ansonia inthanon Matsui, Nabhitabhata & Panha, 1998 | Inthanon stream toad |
Ansonia jeetsukumarani Wood, Grismer, Norhayati, and Senawi, 2008 | |
Ansonia kraensis Matsui, Khonsue, & Nabhitabhata, 2005 | Kra stream toad[2] |
Ansonia latidisca Inger, 1966 | Sambas stream toad |
Ansonia latiffi Wood, Grismer, Norhayati, and Senawi, 2008 | |
Ansonia latirostra Grismer, 2006 | |
Ansonia leptopus (Günther, 1872) | Matang stream toad |
Ansonia longidigita Inger, 1960 | long-fingered stream toad |
Ansonia lumut Chan, Wood, Anuar, Muin, Quah, Sumarli, and Grismer, 2014 | long-fingered stream toad |
Ansonia malayana Inger, 1960 | pigmy false toad |
Ansonia mcgregori (Taylor, 1922) | McGregor's stream toad |
Ansonia minuta Inger, 1960 | tiny stream toad |
Ansonia muelleri (Boulenger, 1887) | Muller's stream toad |
Ansonia penangensis Stoliczka, 1870 | Penang stream toad |
Ansonia platysoma (Inger, 1960 | Luidan stream toad |
Ansonia siamensis Kiew, 1985 | Siamese stream toad |
Ansonia spinulifer (Mocquard, 1890) | Kina Balu stream toad |
Ansonia thinthinae Wilkinson, Sellas, and Vindum, 2012 | |
Ansonia tiomanica Hendrickson, 1966 | Pulo Tioman stream toad |
Ansonia torrentis Dring, 1983 | Gunung Mulu stream toad |
Ansonia vidua Hertwig, Min, Haas, and Das, 2014 | Pulo Tioman stream toad |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Ansonia Stoliczka, 1870". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsui, M., W. Khonsue, and J. Nabhitabhata (2005). "A new Ansonia from the Isthmus of Kra, Thailand (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae)". Zoological Science 22: 809–814. doi:10.2108/zsj.22.809.
- ↑ "Bufonidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ↑ L Lee Grismer, 2006: A new species of Ansonia Stoliczka, 1870 (Anura: Bufonidae) from a lowland rainforest in Southern Peninsular Malaysia. Herpetologica 62,4: pp. 466–475
External links
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Ansonia. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Apr 30, 2008).
- eol - Encyclopedia of Life taxon Ansonia at http://www.eol.org.
- ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database Taxon Ansonia at http://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: Apr 30, 2008).
- GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxon Ansonia at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm