Golden toad  (Incilius periglenes)

Species information

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Authentication

Authenticated (28/07/03) by Andrew Gray, Curator of Herpetology, University of Manchester.

Glossary

  • Invertebrates: animals with no backbone.
  • Larvae: stage in an animal's lifecycle after it hatches from the egg. Larvae are typically very different in appearance to adults; they are able to feed and move around but usually are unable to reproduce.
  • Metamorphosis: an abrupt physical change from the larval to the adult form.
  • Sexual dimorphism: when males and females of the same species differ in appearance.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (May, 2009)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Animal Diversity Web (February, 2002)
    http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/bufo/b._periglenes$narrative.html
  3. CITES (May, 2009)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. Pounds, J.A., Fogden, P.L. and Campbell, J.H. (1999) Biological response to climate change on a tropical mountain. Nature, 398: 611 - 615.
  5. Pounds, J.A., Fogden, M.P.L., Savage, J.M. and Gorman, G.C. (1997) Tests of null models for amphibian declines on a tropical mountain. Conservation Biology, 11 (6): 0 - .
  6. Amphibia Web (February, 2002)
    http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/aw/declines/
  7. IUCN/SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (March, 2008)
    http://www.amphibians.org
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