Ansonia (frog)
| Ansonia | |
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| Kinabalu slender toad | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Ansonia Stoliczka, 1870 |
| Diversity | |
| 29 species (see text) | |
Ansonia is a genus of true toads found in south India, northern Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Tioman Island, Borneo, and Mindanao (Philippines).[1] These small forest species spawn in streams and have torrent-adapted tadpoles.[2] Common name stream toads has been coined for the genus, although individual species are also being referred to as slender toads.[1]
Species
There are currently 29 species in this genus:[1][3]
| Binomial name and authority | Common name |
|---|---|
| Ansonia albomaculata Inger, 1960 | whitebelly stream toad |
| Ansonia echinata Inger & Stuebing, 2009 | spiny slender toad |
| Ansonia endauensis Grismer, 2006 | Endau stream toad[4] |
| 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 jeetsukumarani Wood, Grismer, Norhayati, and Senawi, 2008 | |
| Ansonia kraensis Matsui, Khonsue, & Nabhitabhata, 2005 | Kra stream toad[2] |
| Ansonia latidisca Inger, 1966 | Sambas stream toad |
| Ansonia latiffi Wood, Grismer, Norhayati, and Senawi, 2008 | |
| Ansonia latirostra Grismer, 2006 | |
| Ansonia leptopus (Günther, 1872) | Matang stream toad |
| Ansonia longidigita Inger, 1960 | long-fingered stream toad |
| Ansonia lumut Chan, Wood, Anuar, Muin, Quah, Sumarli, and Grismer, 2014 | 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 penangensis Stoliczka, 1870 | Penang stream toad |
| Ansonia platysoma (Inger, 1960 | Luidan stream toad |
| Ansonia siamensis Kiew, 1985 | Siamese stream toad |
| Ansonia smeagol Davies et al., 2016 | |
| Ansonia spinulifer (Mocquard, 1890) | Kina Balu stream toad |
| Ansonia thinthinae Wilkinson, Sellas, and Vindum, 2012 | |
| Ansonia tiomanica Hendrickson, 1966 | Pulo Tioman stream toad |
| Ansonia torrentis Dring, 1983 | Gunung Mulu stream toad |
| Ansonia vidua Hertwig, Min, Haas, and Das, 2014 | widow slender toad |
References
- ^ a b c Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Ansonia Stoliczka, 1870". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ a b Matsui, Masafumi; Khonsue, Wichase; Nabhitabhata, Jarujin (2005). "A new Ansonia from the Isthmus of Kra, Thailand (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae)" (PDF). Zoological Science. 22: 809–814. doi:10.2108/zsj.22.809.
- ^ "Bufonidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ Grismer, L Lee (2006). "A new species of Ansonia Stoliczka, 1870 (Anura: Bufonidae) from a lowland rainforest in Southern Peninsular Malaysia". Herpetologica. 62 (4): 466–475. doi:10.1655/0018-0831(2006)62[466:ANSOAS]2.0.CO;2.
External links
- eol - Encyclopedia of Life taxon Ansonia at http://www.eol.org.
- ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database Taxon Ansonia at https://web.archive.org/web/20160606043808/http://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: Apr 30, 2008).
- GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxon Ansonia at https://web.archive.org/web/20080501142231/http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm
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