Barbarophryne brongersmai

(Hoogmoed, 1972)

Vernacular names
English : Brongersma’s toad
French : Crapaud de Brongersma

Classification
Class : Amphibia
Order : Anura
Family : Bufonidae
Notes : No subspecies known.

Identification
Males can reach up to 5.1 cm in length, female are a bit smaller. Global coloration beige becoming more ochre to orange-brown on back with large green blotches on back, flanks and limbs.

Range and habitat
The species is found in North-west Africa, from Central Morocco south to northern Western Sahara. The species might also occur in Algeria. It lives in intermittent rivers and marshes in dry tropical or subtropical shrublands, rocky areas and deserts.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Not Listed
Status : The species is still locally numerous but is becoming threatened by habitat loss. Some populations have been almost wiped out.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

Observation

 

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