Woodhouse's toad
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| Woodhouse's Toad | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Bufo |
| Species: | B. woodhousii |
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| Bufo woodhousii Girard, 1854 |
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Anaxyrus woodhouseii |
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The Woodhouse's Toad, (Bufo woodhousii) is a medium-sized (4 inches or 10 centimetres) true toad, which is native to the United States and Mexico. There are two recognized subspecies. The epithet woodhousii is in honor of the American physician and naturalist Samuel Washington Woodhouse.[1] B. woodhousii tends to hybridize with Bufo americanus in their overlapping ranges.
Subspecies [edit]
- Southern Woodhouse's Toad, Bufo woodhousii australis (Shannon & Lowe, 1955)
- Rocky Mountain Toad, Bufo woodhousii woodhousii (Girard, 1854)
References [edit]
- 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 & Santos-Barrera (2004). Bufo woodhousii. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes a range map and justification for why this species is of least concern
- USGS: Woodhouse's Toad
- "Bufo woodhousii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 May 2006.
External links [edit]
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Wikispecies has information related to: Anaxyrus woodhousii |
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Bufo woodhousii |
- Woodhouse's toad at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Bufo woodhousii at CalPhotos
- Western Soundscape Archive - Western Woodhouse's Toad recording
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