Kihansi spray toad

Kihansi spray toad
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CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Nectophrynoides
Species:
N. asperginis
Binomial name
Nectophrynoides asperginis
Poynton, Howell, Clarke & Lovett, 1999

The Kihansi spray toad (Nectophrynoides asperginis) is a small toad endemic to Tanzania.[3][4] The species is live-bearing and insectivorous.[3] The Kihansi spray toad is currently categorized as Extinct in the Wild by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), though the species persists in ex situ, captive breeding populations.

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2015). "Nectophrynoides asperginis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T54837A16935685. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T54837A16935685.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ a b Channing and Howell. (2006). Amphibians of East Africa. Pp. 106-107. ISBN 3-930612-53-4
  4. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Nectophrynoides asperginis Poynton, Howell, Clarke, and Lovett, 1999". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 9 June 2015.