Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Bufonidae > Peltophryne > Peltophryne empusa

Peltophryne empusa (Toad)

Synonyms: Bufo empusus; Bufo taladai jaumei; Otaspis empusa

Wikipedia Abstract

Peltophryne empusa, Cuban small-eared toad, Cuban toad, or Cope's Caribbean toad (in Spanish guasabalo or sapo de concha) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae that is endemic to Cuba including Isla de Juventud.
View Wikipedia Record: Peltophryne empusa

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Peltophryne empusa

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
36
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.64
EDGE Score: 3.12
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  2.992 inches (7.6 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Ciénaga de Zapata National Park 1606900 Cuba  
Tuabaquey - Limones Ecological Reserve II 4859 Cuba  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Caribbean Islands Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks And Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands - British, Virgin Islands - U.S. Yes

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Oswaldocruzia barusi <Unverified Name>[2]

Range Map

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.
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
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