Large-crested toad

Not to be confused with Puerto Rican crested toad.
Large-crested toad
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Incilius
Species: I. cristatus
Binomial name
Incilius cristatus
(Wiegmann, 1833)
Synonyms

Bufo cristatus Wiegmann, 1833
Cranopsis cristata (Wiegmann, 1833)
Ollotis cristata (Wiegmann, 1833)
Bufo occipitalis Camerano, 1879

The large-crested toad (Incilius cristatus, formerly Bufo cristatus) is a critically endangered species of true toad that is endemic to cloud forests in the central Sierra Madre Oriental in Puebla and Veracruz, Mexico.[1][2] Once feared extinct, it has recently been rediscovered at two sites in Puebla where it is uncommon.[1] The reasons for its decline are habitat loss and pollution, and there are no recent records from Veracruz.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Georgina Santos-Barrera, Luis Canseco-Márquez, Luis Carrillo (2009). "Incilius cristatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Incilius cristatus (Wiegmann, 1833)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 9 December 2015.

External links

Data related to Incilius cristatus at Wikispecies


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