Bufo hololius

Taxobox
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status = DD
status_system = IUCN3.1
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
familia = Bufonidae
genus = "Bufo"
species = "B. hololius"
binomial = "Bufo hololius"
binomial_authority = Günther, 1876"Bufo hololius" is a rare species of toad found in the Western Ghats.

Description

Crown without bony ridges; snout short, prominent; inter-orbital space as broad and the upper eyelid; tympanum very distinct, nearly as large as the eye and close to it. Fingers short, first extending a little beyond second; toes short, webbed at the base only ; subarticular tubercles single, not very prominent; two small metatarsal tubercles; no tarsal fold. The tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches the eye. Skin smooth, the back with very flat, smooth, distinctly porous glandular patches; parotoids flat. Olive above, marbled with brown: beneath immaculate. [Boulenger, G. A. (1890) Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.] From snout to vent 1.4 inches.

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