- Pseudepidalea latastii
Taxobox
name = Ladakh Toad
status =
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Amphibia
ordo =Anura
familia =Bufonidae
genus = "Pseudepidalea "
species = "P. latastii"
binomial = "Pseudepidalea latastii"
binomial_authority = (Boulenger, 1882)The Ladakh Toad "Pseudepidalea (Bufo) latastii" is a species of
toad found in Ladakh.Description
Crown without bony ridges; snout short, blunt; interorbital space narrower than the upper eyelid; tympanum very distinct, half the diameter of the eye. First finger not extending beyond second; toes two-thirds webbed, with double subartieular tubercles; two moderate metatarsal tubercles; a tarsal fold. The tarsometatarsal articulation reaches the tympanum or the hinder border of the eye. Upper parts with irregular, depressed, distinctly porous warts; parotoids moderate, kidney-shaped; a parotoid-like gland on the calf. Olive above, spotted or marbled with blackish; a light vertebral band; beneath more or less spotted or marbled with blackish. [Boulenger, G. A. (1890) Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.]
From snout to vent 2.2 inches.Found in Ladakh'
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