Bufo crucifer

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Ecology: It occurs in leaf-litter of the rainforest and also disturbed habitats . It reproduces in backwaters of rapidly flowing streams and temporary pools .[1]


List of Habitats: 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) 5.8 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) 14.4 Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens 14.6 Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 03-Feb-2005

Similar Species

Members of the genus Bufo

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 126 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

B. ailaoanus (Ailao Toad) · B. alvarius (Sonoran Desert Toad) · B. amatolicus (Amatola Toad) · B. amboroensis (Cochabamba Toad) · B. americanus (Eastern American Toad) · B. americanus; (Eastern American Toad) · B. americanus americanus (American Toad) · B. americanus charlesmithi (Dwarf American Toad) · B. americanus hemiophrys (Canadian Toad) · B. arabicus (Arabian Toad) · B. arequipensis (Rio Chili Toad) · B. arunco (Concepcion Toad) · B. asper (Giant Indonesian Toad) · B. atacamensis (Atacama Toad) · B. atukoralei (Atukorale's Dwarf Toad) · B. baxteri (Baxter's Toad) · B. biporcatus (Philippine Toad) · B. boreas (California Toad) · B. boreas boreas (Boreal Toad) · B. boreas halophilus (California Toad) · B. brauni (Dead-Leaf Toad) · B. brongersmai (Tiznit Toad) · B. bufo (Common Toad) · B. calamita (Natterjack Toad) · B. californicus (Arroyo Southwestern Toad) · B. camerunensis (Oban Toad) · B. canaliferus (Dwarf Toad) · B. canorus (Yosemite Park Toad) · B. castaneoticus (Para Toad) · B. cataulaciceps (Cuban Pine Toad) · B. cavifrons (Mountain Toad) · B. cognatus (Great Plains Toad) · B. cognatus cognatus (Great Plains Toad) · B. coniferus (Green Climbing Toad) · B. cophotis (Paramo Toad) · B. cristatus (Large-Crested Toad) · B. crucifer (Striped Toad) · B. danatensis (Middle Asiatic Toad) · B. dapsilis (Bom Jardim Toad) · B. debilis (Western Green Toad) · B. debilis debilis (Eastern Green Toad) · B. debilis insidior (Western Green Toad) · B. dombensis (Dombe Toad) · B. empusus (Cope's Caribbean Toad) · B. exsul (Deep Springs Toad) · B. fowleri (Fowler's Toad) · B. gargarizans (Chusan Island Toad) · B. garmani (Garman's Toad) · B. gemmifer (Jeweled Toad) · B. glaberrimus (Cundinamarca Toad) · B. gracilipes (French Congo Toad) · B. gundlachi (Gundlach's Caribbean Toad) · B. guttatus (Smooth-Sided Toad) · B. gutturalis (Guttural Toad) · B. hemiophrys (Dakota Toad) · B. hemiophrys hemiophrys (Canadian Toad) · B. himalayanus (Himalayan Toad) · B. houstonensis (Houston Toad) · B. ibarrai (Jalapa Toad) · B. ictericus (Yellow Cururu Toad) · B. japonicus (Japanese Common Toad) · B. juxtasper (Sungei Tawan Toad) · B. kelloggi (Little Mexican Toad) · B. kisoloensis (Kisolo Toad) · B. kotagamai (Kotagama's Dwarf Toad) · B. latastii (Ladakh Toad) · B. lemur (Puerto Rican Crested Toad) · B. limensis (Peru Coast Toad) · B. longinasus (Stejneger's Caribbean Toad) · B. macrotis (Big-Eared Toad) · B. maculatus (Flat-Backed Toad) · B. margaritifer (South American Common Toad) · B. marinus (South American Cane Toad) · B. marinus marinus (Giant American Toad) · B. marmoreus (Wiegmann's Toad) · B. mauritanicus (Mauritanian Toad) · B. mazatlanensis (Sinaloa Toad) · B. melanochlorus (Dark Green Toad) · B. melanostictus (Asian Common Toad) · B. microscaphus (Southwestern Toad) · B. microscaphus californicus (Arroyo Toad) · B. nasicus (Werner's Toad) · B. nebulifer (Gulf Coast Toad) · B. nelsoni (Amargosa Toad) · B. nesiotes (Laguna Toad) · B. noellerti (Noellert`s Toad) · B. nyikae (Nyika Dwarf Toad) · B. occidentalis (Pine Toad) · B. ocellatus (Ocellated Toad) · B. olivaceus (Olive Toad) · B. pardalis (Leopard Toad) · B. periglenes (Alajuela Toad) · B. poeppigii (Gray Toad) · B. poweri (Power's Toad) · B. pseudoraddei baturae (Batura Toad) · B. pseudoraddei pseudoraddei (Swat Green Toad) · B. punctatus (Red-Spotted Toad) · B. quercicus (Oak Toad) · B. raddei (Mongolian Toad) · B. rangeri (Ranger's Toad)

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Further Reading

• A contribution to the zoögeography of the West Indies, with especial reference to amphibians and reptiles / by Thomas Barbour. 44 1914 Cambridge, U.S.A.: Printed for the Museum, 1914. url p. 217.
• Amphibian species of the world: Additions and corrections / by William E. Duellman. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1993. url p. 24.
• Asiatic herpetological research. 4 1992 Berkeley, Calif.: Asiatic Herpetological Research Society; c1990- url p. 74.
• Breviora. 1963 Cambridge, Mass.: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, [1952- url p. 1, p. 10, p. 11.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url , p. 18, p. 41, p. 416, p. 419, p. 421, p. 422.
• Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the. .. British Museum. London, 1882. url p. 316.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 486, p. 487, p. 488.
• Spixiana. München: Zoologische Staatssammlung München, 1977- url p. 162, p. 163, p. 187.
• The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 196, p. 443.
• The South American herpetofauna: its origin, evolution, and dispersal / William E. Duellman, editor. Lawrence, Kan.: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1979. url fig. 6, page 199.
• Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München. München: Die Staatssammlung, url p. 7.

Notes

Contributors

• Aquino, L., Kwet, A., Segalla, M.V. & Baldo, D. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Herpetology Collection - Amphibian Database
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 26384
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-207150
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 207150
• IUCN ID: 54621
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 137158

Footnotes

1. Aquino, L., Kwet, A., Segalla, M.V. & Baldo, D. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]

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