Caucasian toad

The Caucasian toad (Bufo verrucosissimus) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Lebanon, Iran, Russia, and Turkey. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, intermittent rivers, rural gardens, ponds, and aquaculture ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Caucasian toad
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Bufo
Species:
B. verrucosissimus
Binomial name
Bufo verrucosissimus
(Pallas, 1814)
Synonyms
  • Bufo colchicus Eichwald, 1831
  • Rana caucasica Pallas, 1814

References
  1. Boris Tuniyev, Göran Nilson, Natalia Ananjeva, Aram Agasyan, Nikolai Orlov, Sako Tuniyev, Steven Anderson, Sergius Kuzmin, Matthias Stöck, Theodore Papenfuss, Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani, Ismail Ugurtas, David Tarkhnishvili, Sergius Kuzmin, Matthias Stöck, Theodore Papenfuss, Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani, Ismail Ugurtas, Steven Anderson, David Tarkhnishvili, Natalia Ananjeva, Nikolai Orlov, Boris Tuniyev (2009). "Bufo verrucosissimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T39421A10235921. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T39421A10235921.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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