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Nectophrynoides laticeps

Wikipedia Abstract

Nectophrynoides laticeps is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae.It is endemic to the Ukaguru Mountains of Tanzania. This toad can be distinguished from the other known species of the genus by a combination of morphological characters, and has an advertisement call different from all other recorded calls of Nectophrynoides. The dorsal and ventral coloration is variable with a pink tinge. It is ovoviviparous - the eggs remain within the mother's body until they hatch.
View Wikipedia Record: Nectophrynoides laticeps

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Nectophrynoides laticeps

Attributes

Litter Size [1]  30
Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  0.945 inches (2.4 cm)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Milindo Forest Reserve 21372 Morogoro, Tanzania  

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Ukaguru Mountains Tanzania, United Republic of

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External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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