| Bufotes latastii | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Bufotes |
| Species: | B. latastii |
| Binomial name | |
| Bufotes latastii (Boulenger, 1882) | |
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Bufotes latastii, commonly known as the Baltistan toad, Ladakh toad or vertebral-banded toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found in the West Himalayan region at altitudes of 780–3,200 m (2,560–10,500 ft) from northern Pakistan to Ladakh in India; although sometimes reported elsewhere, this is the result of misidentifications of other species. It is found in alpine forests, coniferous forests, grasslands, paddy fields, mountain desert and roadsides. It often lives near water, like lakes and ponds, in the riparian growth. It can be beneficial to humans as it feeds on insects and their larvae within areas of agriculture.
It is generally fairly common, and not considered threatened by the IUCN, although locally declining due to habitat loss (logging), pesticides, and other sources of pollution.
Description
Adult B. latastii have a snout–vent length of about 4.5–6.2 cm (1.8–2.4 in).
Description from "Fauna of British India":
Crown without bony ridges; snout short, blunt; interorbital space narrower than the upper eyelid; tympanum very distinct, half the diameter of the eye. First finger not extending beyond second; toes two-thirds webbed, with double subartieular tubercles; two moderate metatarsal tubercles; a tarsal fold. The tarsometatarsal articulation reaches the tympanum or the hinder border of the eye. Upper parts with irregular, depressed, distinctly porous warts; parotoids moderate, kidney-shaped; a parotoid-like gland on the calf. Olive above, spotted or marbled with blackish; a light vertebral band; beneath more or less spotted or marbled with blackish.
References
- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2022). "Bufotes latastii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T54687A3018337. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T54687A3018337.en. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- Frost, Darrel R. (2020). "Search for taxon: Bufotes latastii". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ^ "AmphibiaWeb - Bufotes latastii". amphibiaweb.org. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- ^ Litvinchuk, S.N.; D.V. Skorinov; G.O. Mazepa; L.J. Borkin (2018). "Distribution of Bufotes latastii (Boulenger, 1882), endemic to the Western Himalaya". Alytes. 36 (1–4): 314–327.
- Dufresnes, C.; et al. (2019). "Fifteen shades of green: The evolution of Bufotes toads revisited" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 141: 106615. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106615. PMID 31520778. S2CID 202573454.
- Boulenger, G. A. (1890) Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Bufotes latastii | |
| Bufo latastii | |
| Pseudepidalea latastii | |
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