Amargosa Toad

Amargosa toad
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Bufonidae
Genus:	Bufo
Species:	B. nelsoni
Binomial name
Bufi nelsoni Stejneger, 1893
Synonyms
Bufo boreas ssp. nelsoni Stejneger, 1893 Anaxyrus nelsoni

The Amargosa toad (Bufo nelsoni) is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family. It was previously considered a subspecies of the Western toad.

Distribution

The Amargosa toad is endemic to the Oasis Valley in the Amargosa Desert of Nevada, United States. Its natural habitat is along a 10-mile stretch of the Amargosa River in the Oasis Valley and upland springs. It is listed as threatened because it has a tiny restricted range and is more subsceptible to habitat loss, but there are no immediate severe population issues.

Effective steps are being taken by local citizens, ranchers, and farmers to preserve and restore the Amargosa toad's population in the area, in part to avoid federal intervention through the Endangered Species Act.^[1]

References

• 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.
• Hammerson, G. 2004. Bufo nelsoni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.

Notes

1. ^ NPR: "All Hopped Up: Town Unites For Toad Revival" . NPR . accessed 11.10.2010

External links

• Nevada Fish & Wildlife Office: Amargosa Toad - website of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Nevada Office

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