Nimbaphrynoides

Nimbaphrynoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Nimbaphrynoides
Dubois, 1987

Nimbaphrynoides is a small genus of true toads from highlands in the Mount Nimba region of the West African countries of Guinea, Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire. They are Critically Endangered due to habitat loss, and iron and bauxite mining within their small ranges. Traditionally two species are recognized, but in 2010 it was proposed that N. liberiensis should be considered a subspecies of N. occidentalis.[1]

The two species are viviparous – they have internal fertilisation and the female give birth to fully developed, tiny toadlets.[1] Until the description of Nimbaphrynoides in 1987, the two species were included in Nectophrynoides instead.[1] Nectophrynoides, Nimbaphrynoides and Limnonectes larvaepartus are the only frogs/toads that do not lay eggs.[2][3]

Species

Binomial Name and Author Common Name
Nimbaphrynoides liberiensis (Xavier, 1979) Liberia Nimba Toad
Nimbaphrynoides occidentalis (Angel, 1943) Western Nimba Toad

References

  1. 1 2 3 Sandberger, Hillers, Doumbia, Loua, Brede and Rödel (2010). Rediscovery of the Liberian Nimba toad, Nimbaphrynoides liberiensis (Xavier, 1978) (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae), and reassessment of its taxonomic status. Zootaxa 2355: 56–68
  2. ↑ Wells (2007). The Ecology and Behavior of Amphibians. Pp. 486-487. ISBN 978-0-226-89334-1
  3. ↑ Iskandar, D. T.; Evans, B. J.; McGuire, J. A. (2014). "A Novel Reproductive Mode in Frogs: A New Species of Fanged Frog with Internal Fertilization and Birth of Tadpoles". PLoS ONE. 9 (12): e115884. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0115884.
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