- Mertensophryne melanopleura
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Mertensophryne melanopleura Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Bufonidae Genus: Mertensophryne Species: M. melanopleura Binomial name Mertensophryne melanopleura
Schmidt & Inger, 1959Synonyms Bufo melanopleura
Mertensophryne melanopleura is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marches.
References
- Channing, A., Tandy, M. & Poynton, J.C. 2004. Bufo melanopleura. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
- Frost, Darrel et al.; 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: 365. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2006)297[0001:TATOL]2.0.CO;2.
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