Amargosa toad
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| Amargosa toad | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Bufo |
| Species: | B. nelsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Bufi nelsoni Stejneger, 1893 |
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| Synonyms | |
| Bufo boreas ssp. nelsoni Stejneger, 1893
Anaxyrus nelsoni |
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The Amargosa toad (Bufo nelsoni) is a species of toad. They belong to the family Bufonidae. They were once considered a subspecies of the Western toad.
References [change]
- 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.
- Hammerson, G. 2004. Bufo nelsoni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
Other websites [change]
Media related to Anaxyrus nelsoni at Wikimedia Commons- Nevada Fish & Wildlife Office: Amargosa Toad - website of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Nevada Office
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