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Hot Creek Toad (Anaxyrus monfontanus)Critically imperiled species





The Hot Creek Toad (Anaxyrus monfontanus) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to Nye County in the state of Nevada in the United States.

Description: It is one of the smallest species in the A. boreas species complex, with only A. williamsi being smaller. It can be distinguished from A. boreas by its shorter head and limbs, large parotoid glands, and weakly warted body. It has an olive gray coloration with brown warts and black flecks across the dorsum.

Habitat: It inhabits marsh habitats fed by hot springs. This is an extremely restricted and remote habitat surrounded otherwise by sagebrush steppe, restricting toad dispersal.

Range: It is known only from the Hot Creek Canyon, a narrow east-to-west canyon in the Hot Creek Range in Nye County, Nevada.

Found in these States: NV |

Diet: Insectivore.

Reproduction: Not much is known about the reproduction of this species.

Status: In Nevada it is classifeds as Critically Imperiled. Very little is known about the population size, reproduction, and dispersal of this species, warranting major conservation concern.

Subspecies: None

Taxonomy:

»» Kingdom: Animalia - Animals
   »» Phylum: Chordata - Chordates
     »» Subphylum: Vertebrata - Vertebrates
       »» Class: Amphibia - Amphibians
         »» Order: Anura - Frogs & Toads
           »» Family: Bufonidae - Toads
             »» Genus: Anaxyrus
               »» Species: Anaxyrus monfontanus - Hot Creek TOad

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