Tibetan toad
| Tibetan toad | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Bufo |
| Species: | B. tibetanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Bufo tibetanus Zarevsky, 1926
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The Tibetan toad (Bufo tibetanus) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to China (easternmost Tibet, southernmost Qinghai, and western Sichuan to northernmost Yunnan) and extreme north-eastern India (Arunachal Pradesh). Its natural habitats are temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and arable land. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ^ Liang, F. & Changyuan, Y. 2004. Bufo tibetanus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.