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Bufo signifer

Clade: Incilius
family: Bufonidae

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Conservation Status (definitions)
IUCN (Red List) Status Least Concern (LC)
See threat category on the IUCN web site.
CITES No CITES Listing
Other International Status None
National Status None
Regional Status None

Description
Bufo signifer is a medium-sized (males to 64 mm, females to 77 mm SVL) member of the Bufo coccifer group that resembles B. coccifer in most features but differs in having thinner parietal cranial crests and in characteristics of the call. It differs from all members of the group in having a cream venter with an overlay of brown-black in a marbled pattern, where as others have nearly immaculate cream venters. This the the eastern-most member of the group.

Distribution and Habitat

Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Panama

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References
 

Mendelson, J. R. III., Williams, B.L., Sheil, C.A., and Mulcahy, D.G. (2005). ''Systematics of the Bufo coccifer complex (Anura: Bufonidae) of Mesoamerica.'' Scientific Papers of the Natural History Museum University of Kansas, 38, 1-27.



Written by David Wake (wakelab AT berkeley.edu), UC Berkeley. 2005-09-29



Citation:
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. Available: http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Sep 2, 2010).

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