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Altiphrynoides
Sign in to saveAltiphrynoides is a genus of toads, commonly referred to as Ethiopian toads. They are restricted to highlands of south-central Ethiopia in the Arussi, Bale and Sidamo Provinces. Both species are threatened by habitat loss. They were formerly included in Nectophrynoides, but lack the unusual reproductive mode of those species (they lay eggs, while Nectophrynoides give birth to fully developed young). Conversely, some authorities treat Altiphrynoides as a monotypic genus for A. malcolmi, placing A. osgoodi in another monotypic genus, Spinophrynoides.
Species
Malcolm's Ethiopian Toad
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAmphibia
- OrderAnura
- FamilyBufonidae
巴爾胎生蟾蜍屬（学名：Altiphrynoides），又名埃及蟾蜍屬，是蟾蜍的一屬。牠們分佈在埃塞俄比亞中南部的山區。
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Altiphrynoides is a genus of toads, commonly referred to as Ethiopian toads. They are restricted to highlands of south-central Ethiopia in the Arussi, Bale and Sidamo Provinces. Both species are threatened by habitat loss. They were formerly included in Nectophrynoides, but lack the unusual reproductive mode of those species (they lay eggs, while Nectophrynoides give birth to fully developed young). Conversely, some authorities treat Altiphrynoides as a monotypic genus for A. malcolmi, placing A. osgoodi in another monotypic genus, Spinophrynoides.
==Species== There are two species: {|style="text-align:left; border:1px solid #999999; " |-style="background:#CCCC99; text-align: center; " !Binomial name and author!!Common name |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" |Altiphrynoides malcolmi || Malcolm's Ethiopian toad |-style="background:#FFFDFF;" |Altiphrynoides osgoodi || Osgood's Ethiopian toad |- |}