Nectophrynoides laticeps
| Nectophrynoides laticeps | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Nectophrynoides |
| Species: | N. laticeps |
| Binomial name | |
| Nectophrynoides laticeps Channing, Menegon, Salvidio & Akker, 2005 | |
Nectophrynoides laticeps is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family. It is endemic to the Ukaguru Mountains of Tanzania. This toad can be distinguished from the other known species of the genus by a combination of morphological characters, and has an advertisement call different from all other recorded calls of Nectophrynoides. The dorsal and ventral coloration is variable with a pink tinge. It is ovoviviparous - the eggs remain within the mother's body until they hatch.
References
- Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October 2007). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Nectophrynoides laticeps accessdate: 2008-04-16
- Alan Channing, Michele Menegon, Sebastiano Salvidio, and Scott Akker, 2005: A new forest toad from the Ukaguru Mountains, Tanzania (Bufonidae: Nectophrynoides), African Journal of Herpetology, 2005 54(2): 149-157.