Southwestern toad

Species of amphibian

Southwestern toad

Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Amphibia
Order:  | Anura
Family:  | Bufonidae
Genus:  | Anaxyrus
Species:  |

A. mexicanus

Binomial name
Anaxyrus mexicanus

(Brocchi, 1879)

Synonyms

Bufo mexicanus Brocchi, 1879

The southwestern toad or Mexican Madre toad (Anaxyrus mexicanus), formerly Bufo mexicanus, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to north-western Mexico and found on the Sierra Madre Occidental in eastern Sonora and western Chihuahua and south to south-western Durango.[1][2] Its natural habitats are conifer forests, commonly along low rivers and streams, its breeding habitat. It is a rare species threatened by habitat disturbance, including alterations causing the desiccation of streams and soils.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b c IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Anaxyrus mexicanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T54708A53950440. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T54708A53950440.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Anaxyrus mexicanus (Brocchi, 1879)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 27 December 2015.

Taxon identifiers

Anaxyrus mexicanus|

* Wikidata: Q28031786
* Wikispecies: Anaxyrus mexicanus
* ADW: Anaxyrus_mexicanus
* AmphibiaWeb: 5545
* ASW: Anaxyrus-mexicanus
* CoL: 66LVC
* GBIF: 2422888
* iNaturalist: 64981
* ITIS: 773524
* IUCN: 54708
* Observation.org: 201623
* Open Tree of Life: 4133420

Bufo mexicanus|

* Wikidata: Q1941991
* CoL: 5WSBH
* GBIF: 5217030
* IRMNG: 10771124
* ITIS: 661821
* Open Tree of Life: 4133420

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