Pine Toad

Pine Toad
Pine Toad
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Bufo
Species: B. occidentalis
Binomial name
Bufo occidentalis
Camerano, 1879
Synonyms
Bufo monksiae Cope, 1879

Cranopsis occidentalis

The Pine Toad (Bufo occidentalis) is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry forests, and rivers.

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.
  • Santos-Barrera, G. & Flores-Villela, O. 2004. Bufo occidentalis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
  • 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. ISSN 0003-0090.