Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Bufonidae > Incilius > Incilius cavifronsIncilius cavifrons (Mountain Toad)Synonyms: Bufo cavifrons; Cranopsis cavifrons; Ollotis cavifrons The mountain toad (Incilius cavifrons) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to the Sierra de los Tuxtlas region in southern Veracruz state, Mexico. Its natural habitats are tropical pine-oak forests. It breeds in streams. This naturally rare species is threatened by habitat loss caused by agricultural activities, wood extraction, and infrastructure development. |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land Use |
Sierra de los Tuxtlas |
Mexico |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites |
Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Mesoamerica |
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama |
Yes |
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Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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