Ansonia (frog)

Ansonia
Kinabalu slender toad
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Ansonia
Stoliczka, 1870
Diversity
36 species (see text)

Ansonia is a genus of true toads found in south India, northern Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Tioman Island, Borneo, and Mindanao (Philippines).[1] These small forest species spawn in streams and have torrent-adapted tadpoles.[2] Common name stream toads has been coined for the genus, although individual species are also being referred to as slender toads.[1]

The genus was named by Stoliczka after the governor of Penang, Colonel Edward Anson.[3]

Ansonia leptopus
  1. ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2020). "Ansonia Stoliczka, 1870". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  2. ^ Matsui, Masafumi; Khonsue, Wichase; Nabhitabhata, Jarujin (2005). "A new Ansonia from the Isthmus of Kra, Thailand (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae)" (PDF). Zoological Science. 22 (7): 809–814. doi:10.2108/zsj.22.809. hdl:2433/65038. PMID 16082171. S2CID 37362242.
  3. ^ Description

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