Iranian Earless Toad

Taxobox
name = Iranian Earless Toad


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
familia = Bufonidae
genus = "Bufo"
species = "B. surdus"
binomial = "Bufo surdus"
binomial_authority = Boulenger, 1891
synonyms = "Bufo persicus" Nikolskii, 1904The Iranian Earless Toad, Iranian Toad, or Pakistan Toad ("Bufo surdus") is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family.It is found in Iran, Pakistan, possibly Afghanistan, and Iraq.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, urban areas, and irrigated land.It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* Khan, M.S., Stöck, M., Papenfuss, T., Anderson, S., Kuzmin, S., Rastegar-Pouyani, N., Dutta, S. & Ohler, A. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/54772/all Bufo surdus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 21 July 2007.

External links

* [http://www.wildlifeofpakistan.com/AmphibiansofPakistan/toadsofPakistanmain.htm Toads of Pakistan]