Arizona Toad
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Anaxyrus microscaphus |
The Arizona Toad (Bufo microscaphus) is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family. It is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, freshwater springs, ponds, open excavations, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land. It is threatened by habitat loss.
[edit] References
- Pauly, G. B., D. M. Hillis, and D. C. Cannatella. (2004) The history of a Nearctic colonization: Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of the Nearctic toads (Bufo). Evolution 58: 2517–2535.
- Hammerson, G. & Schwaner, T. 2004. Bufo microscaphus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
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