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Frostius pernambucensis

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Frostius pernambucensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Frostius
Species:
F. pernambucensis
Binomial name
Frostius pernambucensis
(Bokermann, 1962)
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

  1. ^ a b Template:IUCN2014.3
  2. ^ 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.