Ansonia is a genus of true toads found in south India, northern Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Tioman Island, Borneo, and Mindanao (Philippines).[1] These small forest species spawn in streams and have torrent-adapted tadpoles.[2] Common name stream toads has been coined for the genus, although individual species are also being referred to as slender toads.[1]
| Ansonia | |
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| Kinabalu slender toad | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Ansonia Stoliczka, 1870 |
| Diversity | |
| 36 species (see text) | |
The genus was named by Stoliczka after the governor of Penang, Colonel Edward Anson.[3]
Species
editThere are currently over 36 species in this genus:[1][4]
| Binomial name and authority | Common name | |
|---|---|---|
| Ansonia albomaculata Inger, 1960 | whitebelly stream toad | |
| Ansonia echinata Inger & Stuebing, 2009 | spiny slender toad | |
| Ansonia endauensis Grismer, 2006 | Endau stream toad[5] | |
| Ansonia fuliginea (Mocquard, 1890) | North Borneo stream toad | |
| Ansonia glandulosa (Iskandar & Mumpuni, 2004) | ||
| Ansonia guibei Inger, 1966 | Mesilau stream toad | |
| Ansonia hanitschi Inger, 1960 | Kadamaian stream toad | |
| Ansonia inthanon Matsui, Nabhitabhata & Panha, 1998 | Inthanon stream toad | |
| Ansonia jeetsukumarani Wood, Grismer, Norhayati, and Senawi, 2008 | ||
| Ansonia khaochangensis Grismer, Wood, Aowphol, Cota, Grismer, Murdoch, Aguilar, and Grismer, 2016 | ||
| Ansonia kraensis Matsui, Khonsue, & Nabhitabhata, 2005 | Kra stream toad[2] | |
| Ansonia kyaiktiyoensis Quah, Grismer, Wood, Thura, Oaks, and Lin, 2019 | ||
| Ansonia latidisca Inger, 1966 | Sambas stream toad | |
| Ansonia latiffi Wood, Grismer, Norhayati, and Senawi, 2008 | ||
| Ansonia latirostra Grismer, 2006 | ||
| Ansonia leptopus (Günther, 1872) | Matang stream toad | |
| Ansonia longidigita Inger, 1960 | long-fingered stream toad | |
| Ansonia lumut Chan, Wood, Anuar, Muin, Quah, Sumarli, and Grismer, 2014 | mossy stream toad | |
| Ansonia malayana Inger, 1960 | pigmy false toad | |
| Ansonia mcgregori (Taylor, 1922) | McGregor's stream toad | |
| Ansonia minuta Inger, 1960 | tiny stream toad | |
| Ansonia muelleri (Boulenger, 1887) | Muller's stream toad | |
| Ansonia penangensis Stoliczka, 1870 | Penang stream toad | |
| Ansonia phuketensis Matsui, Khonsue, and Panha, 2018 | ||
| Ansonia pilokensis Matsui, Khonsue, and Panha, 2018 | ||
| Ansonia platysoma (Inger, 1960 | Luidan stream toad | |
| Ansonia siamensis Kiew, 1985 | Siamese stream toad | |
| Ansonia smeagol Davies et al., 2016 | Precious stream toad[6] | |
| Ansonia spinulifer (Mocquard, 1890) | Kina Balu stream toad | |
| Ansonia teneritas Waser et al., 2016 | Gracile slender toad | |
| Ansonia thinthinae Wilkinson, Sellas, and Vindum, 2012 | ||
| Ansonia tiomanica Hendrickson, 1966 | Pulo Tioman stream toad | |
| Ansonia torrentis Dring, 1983 | Gunung Mulu stream toad | |
| Ansonia vidua Hertwig, Min, Haas, and Das, 2014 | widow slender toad | |
| Ansonia Infernalis Suwannapoom, Grismer, Pawangkhanant & Poyarkov, 2022 | Infernal Stream Toad | |
| Ansonia Karen Suwannapoom, Grismer, Pawangkhanant, Naiduangchan, Yushchenko, Arkhipov, Wilkinson & Poyarkov, 2021 |
References
edit- ^ a b c Frost, Darrel R. (2020). "Ansonia Stoliczka, 1870". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ a b Matsui, Masafumi; Khonsue, Wichase; Nabhitabhata, Jarujin (2005). "A new Ansonia from the Isthmus of Kra, Thailand (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae)" (PDF). Zoological Science. 22 (7): 809–814. doi:10.2108/zsj.22.809. hdl:2433/65038. PMID 16082171. S2CID 37362242.
- ^ Description
- ^ "Bufonidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ Grismer, L Lee (2006). "A new species of Ansonia Stoliczka, 1870 (Anura: Bufonidae) from a lowland rainforest in Southern Peninsular Malaysia". Herpetologica. 62 (4): 466–475. doi:10.1655/0018-0831(2006)62[466:ANSOAS]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 85873264.
- ^ "Ansonia smeagol". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
External links
edit- eol - Encyclopedia of Life taxon Ansonia at http://www.eol.org.
- ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database Taxon Ansonia at https://web.archive.org/web/20160606043808/http://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: Apr 30, 2008).
- GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxon Ansonia at https://web.archive.org/web/20080501142231/http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm
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