Ansonia (genus)
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| Ansonia leptopus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Ansonia Stoliczka, 1870 |
Ansonia (Stream Toads) is a small genus of true toads found in South India; northern Thailand; Malay Peninsula; Tioman Island; Borneo and Mindanao (Philippines). These are small forest species which spawn in streams and have torrent-adapted tadpoles.
[edit] Species
| Binomial name and authority | Common name |
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| Ansonia albomaculata (Inger, 1960) | Whitebelly stream toad |
| Ansonia anotis (Inger, Tan & Yambun, 2001) | |
| Ansonia endauensis (Grismer, 2006) | Endau stream toad |
| Ansonia fuliginea (Mocquard, 1890) | North Borneo stream toad |
| Ansonia glandulosa (Iskandar & Mumpuni, 2004) | |
| Ansonia guibei (Inger, 1966) | Mesilau stream toad |
| Ansonia hanitschi (Inger, 1960) | Kadamaian stream toad |
| Ansonia inthanon (Matsui, Nabhitabhata & Panha, 1998) | Inthanon stream toad |
| Ansonia kraensis (Matsui, Khonsue, & Nabhitabhata, 2005) | Kra stream toad |
| Ansonia latidisca (Inger, 1966) | Sambas stream toad |
| Ansonia latirostra (Grismer, 2006) | |
| Ansonia leptopus (Günther, 1872) | Matang stream toad |
| Ansonia longidigita (Inger, 1960) | Long-fingered stream toad |
| Ansonia malayana (Inger, 1960) | Pigmy false toad |
| Ansonia mcgregori (Taylor, 1922) | McGregor's stream toad |
| Ansonia minuta (Inger, 1960) | Tiny stream toad |
| Ansonia muelleri (Boulenger, 1887) | Muller's stream toad |
| Ansonia ornata (Günther, 1876) | Ornate stream toad |
| Ansonia penangensis (Stoliczka, 1870) | Penang stream toad |
| Ansonia platysoma (Inger, 1960) | Luidan stream toad |
| Ansonia rubigina (Pillai & Pattabiraman, 1981) | Silent Valley torrent toad |
| Ansonia siamensis (Kiew, 1985) | Siamese stream toad |
| Ansonia spinulifer (Mocquard, 1890) | Kina Balu stream toad |
| Ansonia tiomanica (Hendrickson, 1966) | Pulo Tioman stream toad |
| Ansonia torrentis (Dring, 1984) | Gunung Mulu stream toad |
[edit] References
- L Lee Grismer, 2006: A new species of Ansonia Stoliczka, 1870 (Anura: Bufonidae) from a lowland rainforest in Southern Peninsular Malaysia. Herpetologica 62,4: pp. 466–475 [1]
[edit] External links
- Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October 2007). Ansonia. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: Apr 30, 2008).
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Ansonia. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Apr 30, 2008).
- eol - Encyclopedia of Life taxon Ansonia at http://www.eol.org.
- ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database Taxon Ansonia at http://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: Apr 30, 2008).
- GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxon Ansonia at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm
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