- Arizona Toad
Taxobox
name = Arizona Toad
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Amphibia
ordo =Anura
familia =Bufonidae
genus = "Bufo "
species = "B. microscaphus"
binomial = "Bufo microscaphus"
binomial_authority = Cope, 1866 [1867]
synonyms = "Anaxyrus microscaphus"The Arizona Toad ("Bufo microscaphus") is a species oftoad in theBufonidae family.It is endemic to theUnited States .Its naturalhabitat s are temperateforest s,river s, intermittent rivers,swamp s, freshwatermarsh es, intermittent freshwater marches, freshwater springs,pond s, open excavations, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.It is threatened byhabitat loss .References
* (2004) The history of a Nearctic colonization: Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of the Nearctic toads ("Bufo"). "Evolution" "58": 2517–2535.
* Hammerson, G. & Schwaner, T. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/54709/all Bufo microscaphus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
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