Pico Blanco Toad
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| Bufo fastidiosus Cope, 1875 |
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Cranopsis melanochlorus, Ollotis melanochlorus |
The Pico Blanco Toad (Bufo fastidiosus) is a species of toad from Panama and Costa Rica. It is listed as a critical endangered species due to a drastic population decline caused by habitat loss.
[edit] References
- Bolaños et al (2004). Bufo fastidiosus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a range map and justification for why this species is critically endangered
- Frost, Darrel (2006). "The Amphibian Tree of Life". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297: 364. doi:.
- 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.
