Kingdom Animalia Order Anura Genus Mertensophryne Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Family Bufonidae Higher classification Toads | |
Scientific name Mertensophryne melanopleura Similar True toad, Amphibians, Frog, Toads, Mertensophryne | ||
Mertensophryne melanopleura (common names: Kankunde toad, dark-sided toad) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is known from its type locality, the Upemba National Park in southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and from eastern Angola and south of Ndola in northern Zambia. This rarely encountered species seems to prefer gallery forests and woodland; reproduction takes place in water. Its habitats are believed not to face major threats.
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