Little Mexican toad

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Little Mexican toad
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Anaxyrus
Species:
A. kelloggi
Binomial name
Anaxyrus kelloggi
(Taylor, 1936)
Synonyms

Bufo kelloggiTaylor, 1938

The little Mexican toad (Anaxyrus kelloggi), formerly Bufo kelloggi, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to Mexico and found in the Pacific coastal plains between central Sonora and Nayarit. [1] [2] The specific name honors Remington Kellogg, who was an American zoologist and a director of the United States National Museum. [3]

The species' natural habitats are thorn forests and tropical deciduous forests on coastal open lowlands to 200 m (660 ft) above sea level. It is tolerant to human disturbance and can breed in artificial water bodies such as dams. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Anaxyrus kelloggi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T54680A53949912. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T54680A53949912.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Anaxyrus kelloggi (Taylor, 1938)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Bo Beolens; Michael Watkins; Michael Grayson (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 111. ISBN   978-1-907807-44-2.


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