Bleeding toad

Bleeding toad

Taxobox
name = Bleeding toad
status = CR | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend = down
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
familia = Bufonidae
genus = "Leptophryne"
species = "L. cruentata"
binomial = "Leptophryne cruentata"
binomial_authority = (Tschudi, 1838)

The Bleeding toad also known as the fire toad ("Leptophryne cruentata") is a species of toad endemic to Indonesia. It is listed as a critical endangered species due to a drastic population decline caused in part by the eruption of Mount Galunggung in 1982.

References

* Database entry includes a range map, a brief justification of why this species is critically endangered, and the criteria used [http://www.redlist.org/search/details.php?species=54815 IUCN]


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