Kingdom Animalia Order Anura Genus Frostius Higher classification Frostius | Phylum Chordata Family Bufonidae Scientific name Frostius pernambucensis Rank Species | |
Similar Amphibians, Frog, True toad, Melanophryniscus devincenzii, Melanophryniscus atroluteus | ||
Frostius pernambucensis
Frostius pernambucensis, or the Frost's toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to the eastern Brazil where it is known from the Pernambuco, Alagoas, and Paraíba states.
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Habitat
Its natural habitats are primary and secondary forests. It lives in terrestrial and arboreal bromeliads and in leaf-litter of the forest-floor. Reproduction requires bromeliads where eggs are laid. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by agricultural expansion, livestock grazing, clear-cutting, wood plantations and human settlement, and by collection of bromeliads.
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