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Mexican burrowing toad
species of amphibian / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Mexican burrowing toad (Rhinophrynus dorsalis) is a frog. They are the only species in the genus Rhinophrynus and the family Rhinophrynidae. These frogs live from the southern Texas through Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador to Nicaragua and Costa Rica. They used to live in more places. There were species going as far north as Canada, but these died out in the Oligocene.[1]
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Family: | Rhinophrynidae Günther, 1859 |
Genus: | Rhinophrynus Duméril & Bibron, 1841 |
Species: | R. dorsalis |
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Rhinophrynus dorsalis Duméril & Bibron, 1841 | |
Distribution of R. dorsalis (in black) |
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