Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Bufonidae > Incilius > Incilius luetkeniiIncilius luetkeniiSynonyms: Bufo luetkenii; Cranopsis luetkenii; Incilius luetkeni; Ollotis leutkeni; Ollotis luetkeni Incilius luetkenii (formerly Bufo luetkenii, common name yellow toad) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found in the Mesoamerica along the Pacific versant from central Costa Rica to extreme southern Chiapas, Mexico (including the intervening Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua), as well as dry interior valleys of Guatemala and Honduras and San Juan River drainage in Costa Rica on the Atlantic versant. It occurs in open areas, including disturbed pasturelands in lowland dry forest, and to a lesser extent, in lowland moist and premontane moist forests. It breeds in temporary pools. It is a common species that is not facing major threats. |
Litter Size [1] | 4,450 | Litters / Year [1] | 1 | Nocturnal [1] | Yes | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 4.213 inches (10.7 cm) |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
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Climate |
Land Use |
Central American dry forests |
Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Central American montane forests |
Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Central American pine-oak forests |
Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests |
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Costa Rican seasonal moist forests |
Costa Rica |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Petén-Veracruz moist forests |
Mexico, Guatemala, Belize |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Sierra Madre de Chiapas moist forest |
Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Southern Mesoamerican Pacific mangroves |
Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama |
Neotropic |
Mangroves |
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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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