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
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 (2004). "Bufotes latastii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T54687A11174841. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  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". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 141: 106615. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106615. PMID 31520778.


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