Cuban high-crested toad | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Bufonidae |
Genus: | Peltophryne |
Species: | P. gundlachi
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Binomial name | |
Peltophryne gundlachi (Ruibal, 1959)
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The Cuban high-crested toad (Peltophryne gundlachi), or Gundlach's Caribbean toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae that is endemic to Cuba.
The specific name gundlachi honors Juan Gundlach, a Cuban zoologist.[2]
It is found plains in all provinces as well as Isla de la Juventud and the Sabana-Camagüey Archipelago.[1][3] Its natural habitats are primarily forests but also xeric and mesic grasslands. It is an explosive breeder of rain-flooded pools.
It is threatened by habitat loss and degradation caused by agriculture, and by agricultural pollution. Its habitat is also threatened by the invasive tree Dichrostachys cinerea.[1]