Bufo koynayensis

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura
Subordo: Neobatrachia
Familia: Bufonidae
Genus: Bufo
Species: Bufo koynayensis

[edit] Name

Bufo koynayensis Soman, 1963

Type locality: "Shivaji Sagar lake at Loyna, in Satara District, Maharashatra . . . . Koyna Valley (Ca. 2000´) situated on the boundary of Satara and Ratnagiri Districts is amongst the hills which overlook the Konkan on the west . . . . The type locality, Humbali Village, is situated on the west of the dam on a rocky crested hill about 2000 feet higher than the dam, total about 4000 feet above mean sea level.".

Holotype: ZSIC A1784 .

[edit] Synonyms

• Bufo sulphureus Grandison and Daniel, 1964

[edit] References

• Soman, 1963, J. Biol. Sci., Bombay, 6: 73.
• Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). Electronic Database accessible at [1] American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Bufo koynayensis . Accessed on 10 Apr 2008.
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN link: Bufo koynayensis (Endangered)

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