Western Leopard Toad

Western Leopard Toad

Taxobox
name = Western Leopard Toad


status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
familia = Bufonidae
genus = "Amietophrynus"
species = "A. pantherinus"
binomial = "Amietophrynus pantherinus"
binomial_authority = Smith, 1828
synonyms =
The Western Leopard Toad ("Amietophrynus pantherinus") is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family.It is endemic to South Africa.Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, urban areas, and ponds.It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* Minter, L., Harrison, J., "et al". 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/54723/all Bufo pantherinus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 21 July 2007.


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