Ladakh_toad

<i>Pseudepidalea latastii</i>

Pseudepidalea latastii

Species of amphibian

Pseudepidalea latastii (formerly Bufo latastii; also known as the Ladakh toad) is a species of toad found in the north-western Himalayas of India and Pakistan, where it lives between 2,600 and 3,000 metres (8,500 and 9,800 ft).[1]

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Description

Crown without bony ridges; snout short, blunt; interorbital space narrower than the upper eyelid; tympanum very distinct, half the diameter of the eye. First finger not extending beyond second; toes two-thirds webbed, with double subartieular tubercles; two moderate metatarsal tubercles; a tarsal fold. The tarsometatarsal articulation reaches the tympanum or the hinder border of the eye. Upper parts with irregular, depressed, distinctly porous warts; parotoids moderate, kidney-shaped; a parotoid-like gland on the calf. Olive above, spotted or marbled with blackish; a light vertebral band; beneath more or less spotted or marbled with blackish.[2]

Snout–vent length 50–62 millimetres (2.0–2.4 in).[3]

References

  1. [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.
  2. [2]
    Boulenger, G. A. (1890) Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.
  3. [3]
    M. S. Khan (2002). "Pseudepidalea latastii". AmphibiaWeb. Retrieved October 14, 2012.


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