Guacamayo plump toad

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Guacamayo plump toad
Osornophryne guacamayo female lateral view - ZooKeys-108-073-g011.jpg
Head shape in lateral view of female Osornophryne guacamayo
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Osornophryne
Species:
O. guacamayo
Binomial name
Osornophryne guacamayo
Hoogmoed, 1987

The Guacamayo plump toad or sapo de Guacamayo (Osornophryne guacamayo) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae occurring in Colombia and Ecuador.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests which is currently threatened by habitat loss.

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References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Osornophryne guacamayo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022: e.T54857A85881351. Retrieved 24 December 2022.