- Caucasian Toad
Taxobox
name = Caucasian Toad
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Amphibia
ordo =Anura
familia =Bufonidae
genus = "Bufo "
species = "B. verrucosissimus"
binomial = "Bufo verrucosissimus"
binomial_authority = (Pallas, 1814)
synonyms = "Bufo colchicus" Eichwald, 1831
"Rana caucasica" Pallas, 1814The Caucasian Toad ("Bufo verrucosissimus") is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family.It is found in Azerbaijan , Georgia, Iran , Russia , and Turkey .Its natural habitat s are temperate forest s, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, intermittent river s, rural gardens, pond s, and aquaculture ponds.It is threatened by habitat loss .
References
* Kuzmin, S., Stöck, M., Papenfuss, T., Rastegar-Pouyani, N., Ugurtas, I., Anderson, S., Tarkhnishvili, D., Ananjeva, N., Orlov, N. & Tuniyev, B. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/39421/all Bufo verrucosissimus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
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