Frostius pernambucensis
Appearance
Frostius pernambucensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Bufonidae |
Genus: | Frostius |
Species: | F. pernambucensis
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Binomial name | |
Frostius pernambucensis (Bokermann, 1962)
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Synonyms | |
Atelopus pernambucensis Bokermann, 1962 |
Frostius pernambucensis, or the Frost's toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to the eastern Brazil where it is known from the Pernambuco, Alagoas, and Paraíba states.[2]
Habitat
Its natural habitats are primary and secondary forests. It lives in terrestrial and arboreal bromeliads and in leaf-litter of the forest-floor. Reproduction requires bromeliads where eggs are laid. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by agricultural expansion, livestock grazing, clear-cutting, wood plantations and human settlement, and by collection of bromeliads.[1]
References
- ^ a b Template:IUCN2014.3
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Frostius pernambucensis (Bokermann, 1962)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 10 March 2015.