Bufo cryptotympanicus is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. Known commonly as the earless toad, it is found in southern China (Guangxi and Guangdong provinces) and northern Vietnam (on/near Mount Fansipan). Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
| Bufo cryptotympanicus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Bufo |
| Species: | B. cryptotympanicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Bufo cryptotympanicus Liu & Hu, 1962
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The earless toad is about 68 mm (2.7 in) in length.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2021). "Bufo cryptotympanicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T54622A63878697. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Fei, L. (1999). Atlas of Amphibians of China (in Chinese). Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. p. 126. ISBN 7-5349-1835-9.
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