Little Mexican toad

Little Mexican toad
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Amphibia
Order:Anura
Family:Bufonidae
Genus:Anaxyrus
Species: A. kelloggi
Binomial name
Anaxyrus kelloggi
(Taylor, 1936)
Synonyms

Bufo kelloggi Taylor, 1938

The little Mexican toad (Anaxyrus kelloggi, formerly Bufo kelloggi) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to Mexico and found in the Pacific coastal plains between central Sonora and Nayarit.[1][2] The specific name honors Remington Kellogg, who was an American zoologist and a director of the United States National Museum.[3]

The species' natural habitats are thorn forests and tropical deciduous forests on coastal open lowlands to 200 m (660 ft) above sea level. It is tolerant to human disturbance and can breed in artificial water bodies such as dams.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Santos-Barrera, G. & Canseco-Márquez, L. (2004). "Anaxyrus kelloggi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2004: e.T54680A11172485. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Anaxyrus kelloggi (Taylor, 1938)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Bo Beolens; Michael Watkins; Michael Grayson (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-907807-44-2.


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