Cranopsis marmoreus

Cranopsis marmoreus
Cranopsis marmoreus
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Bufo
Species: B. marmoreus
Binomial name
Bufo marmoreus
Wiegmann, 1833
Synonyms

Cranopsis marmoreus, Ollotis marmoreus

Cranopsis marmoreus is one of several former names for Bufo marmoreus, a species of toad in the Bufonidae family. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, intermittent rivers, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, and ponds.

References

  • Frost, Darrel; Grant, Taran; Faivovich, Julián; Bain, Raoul H.; Haas, Alexander; Haddad, Célio F.B.; De Sá, Rafael O.; Channing, Alan et al. (2006). "The Amphibian Tree of Life". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297: 364. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2006)297[0001:TATOL]2.0.CO;2. 
  • 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.
  • Santos-Barrera, G. & Muñoz Alonso, A. 2004. Bufo marmoreus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.