Nectophryne
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| Nectophryne | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Nectophryne Buchholz & Peters In Peters, 1875 |
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Nectophryne (African Tree Toads) is a small genus of true toads with only two species. They are native to western Africa - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, northeastern Congo, Bioko and Equatorial Guinea. Nectophryne afra uses small bodies of water to lay its eggs which are then guarded by the male.
[edit] Species
| Binomial Name and Author | Common Name |
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| Nectophryne afra Buchholz & Peters in Peters, 1875 | African Tree Toad |
| Nectophryne batesii Boulenger, 1913 | Bates' Tree Toad |
[edit] External links
- Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). Nectophryne. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: May 04, 2008).
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Nectophryne. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: May 04, 2008).
- eol - Encyclopedia of Life taxon Nectophryne at http://www.eol.org.
- ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database Taxon Nectophryne at http://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: May 04, 2008).
- GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxon Nectophryne at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm
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