Bufo parietalis
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| Bufo parietalis (Boulenger, 1882) |
The Ridged Toad, Bufo parietalis is a species of toad found in the Western Ghats of India.[2]
[edit] Description
Head with very prominent ridges, namely a canthal, a slight preorbital, a supraorbital, a postorbital, a parietal, and an orbitotympanic; parietal ridges obliquely directed inwards; snout short, blunt; interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid; tympanum distinct, two thirds the diameter of the eye. First finger extending beyond second; toes half webbed, with single subarticular tubercles; two moderate metatarsal tubercles; no tarsal fold. The tarsometatarsal articulation reaches between the eye and the tip of the snout. Upper surfaces covered with irregular warts; parotoids moderately elongate, elliptical, very prominent. Uniform brown above; beneath marbled with brown. Male with a subgular vocal sac.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Biju et al (2004). Bufo parietalis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 06 May 2006. Database entry includes a range map and justification for why this species is near threatened
- ^ Krishna, S. N. Krishna, S. B. 2001. On the natural history of Bufo parietalis Boulenger, 1882, Amphibia: Family Bufonidae. Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 98(3):456
- ^ Boulenger, G. A. 1890. Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.
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