Bufotes latastii

Bufotes latastii, commonly known as the Baltistan toad, Ladakh toad or vertebral-banded toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae.[2][3] It is found in the West Himalayan region at altitudes of 780–3,200 m (2,560–10,500 ft) from northern Pakistan to Ladakh in India; although sometimes reported elsewhere, this is the result of misidentifications of other species.[4] It is found in alpine forests, coniferous forests, grasslands, paddy fields, mountain desert and roadsides. It often lives near water, like lakes and ponds, in the riparian growth.[1][4] It can be beneficial to humans as it feeds on insects and their larvae within areas of agriculture.[3]

Bufotes latastii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Bufotes
Species:
B. latastii
Binomial name
Bufotes latastii
(Boulenger, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Bufo latastii Boulenger, 1882
  • Bufo siachinensis Khan, 1997
  • Pseudepidalea latastii (Boulenger, 1882)

It is generally fairly common,[4] and not considered threatened by the IUCN, although locally declining due to habitat loss (logging), pesticides, and other sources of pollution.[1]

Adult B. latastii have a snout–to–vent length of about 4.5–6.2 cm (1.8–2.4 in).[3][5]

References
  1. Matthias Stöck, Muhammad Sharif Khan, Sushil Dutta, Annemarie Ohler, Karthikeyan Vasudevan, S.P. Vijayakumar, Theodore Papenfuss, Steven Anderson, Sergius Kuzmin (2004). "Bufotes latastii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T54687A11174841. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T54687A11174841.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2020). "Search for taxon: Bufotes latastii". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  3. "AmphibiaWeb - Bufotes latastii". amphibiaweb.org. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  4. Litvinchuk, S.N.; D.V. Skorinov; G.O. Mazepa; L.J. Borkin (2018). "Distribution of Bufotes latastii (Boulenger, 1882), endemic to the Western Himalaya". Alytes. 36 (1–4): 314–327.
  5. Dufresnes, C.; et al. (2019). "Fifteen shades of green: The evolution of Bufotes toads revisited" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 141: 106615. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106615. PMID 31520778. S2CID 202573454.


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