Bufotes oblongus

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Bufotes oblongus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Bufotes
Species:
B. oblongus
Binomial name
Bufotes oblongus
(Nikolsky, 1896)
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Synonyms
  • Bufo danatensisPisanetz, 1978
  • Bufo oblongusNikolsky, 1896
  • Pseudepidalea oblonga(Nikolsky, 1896)

Bufotes oblongus, the Eastern Persian toad or Central Asian toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found in eastern and central Iran north to adjacent parts of Turkmenistan. [2] [3] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, freshwater marshes, and freshwater springs. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Matthias Stöck, Sergius Kuzmin, Theodore Papenfuss, Steven Anderson, Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani, Tatjana Dujsebayeva, Boris Tuniyev, Natalia Ananjeva, Nikolai Orlov (2015). "Bufotes oblongus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015 e.T54718A74500311. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-1.RLTS.T54718A74500311.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2020). "Search for taxon: Bufotes oblongus". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  3. Dufresnes, C.; et al. (2019). "Fifteen shades of green: The evolution of Bufotes toads revisited". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 141 106615. Bibcode:2019MolPE.14106615D. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106615. PMID   31520778. S2CID   202573454.