- Mertensophryne taitana
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Mertensophryne taitana Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Bufonidae Genus: Mertensophryne Species: M. taitanus Binomial name Mertensophryne taitana
Peters, 1878Synonyms Bufo taitanus
Mertensophryne taitana is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, arable land, plantations , rural gardens, and canals and ditches.
References
- Howell, K., Channing, A., Poynton, J.C. & Tandy, M. 2004. Bufo taitanus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
- Frost, Darrel et al.; 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: 365. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2006)297[0001:TATOL]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0003-0090.
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