''Altiphrynoides'' is a genus of

toad Toad is a common name for certain frogs, especially of the family Bufonidae, that are characterized by dry, leathery skin, short legs, and large bumps covering the parotoid glands. A distinction between frogs and toads is not made in scientif ...

s, commonly referred to as Ethiopian toads. They are restricted to highlands of south-central

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

in the Arussi, Bale and Sidamo Provinces. Both species are

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.Stuart ''et al.'', eds. (2008). ''Threatened Amphibians of the World.''

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. Pp. 156 and 204. They were formerly included in ''

Nectophrynoides ''Nectophrynoides'' is a genus of true toads, family Bufonidae. They are endemic to Eastern Arc forests and wetlands in Tanzania,Channing and Howell. (2006). ''Amphibians of East Africa.'' Pp. 104–117. and all except '' N. tornieri'' are threa ...

'', 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 In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

genus for '' A. malcolmi'', placing '' A. osgoodi'' in another monotypic genus, ''Spinophrynoides''.

Species

There are two species:

References

Endemic fauna of Ethiopia Amphibians of Sub-Saharan Africa Amphibian genera {{Bufonidae-stub