Bufoides is a small genus of true toads, family Bufonidae. The genus is endemic to Northeast India, with one species known from the Garo and Khasi Hills.
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Bufoides is a small genus of true toads, family Bufonidae. The genus is endemic to Northeast India, with one species known from the Garo and Khasi Hills.
==Taxonomy and systematics== Bufoides was erected in 1973 to accommodate Ansonia meghalayana. It remained monotypic until 2016 when Chandramouli and Amarasinghe transferred Pedostibes kempi to Bufoides, in their quest to achieve monophyletic Pedostibes. The move was supported by the morphological similarity and geographic proximity of the two species, and rendered Pedostibes monotypic and restricted to the Western Ghats. However, it remains possible that the two Bufoides species are actually conspecific. The closest relatives of the genus remain unknown.
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