The Hudson Bay toad (''Anaxyrus americanus copei'') is a rare
subspecies
In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...
of the
American toad.
As suggested by its name, it is found in the
Hudson Bay
Hudson Bay ( crj, text=ᐐᓂᐯᒄ, translit=Wînipekw; crl, text=ᐐᓂᐹᒄ, translit=Wînipâkw; iu, text=ᑲᖏᖅᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᐃᓗᐊ, translit=Kangiqsualuk ilua or iu, text=ᑕᓯᐅᔭᕐᔪᐊᖅ, translit=Tasiujarjuaq; french: b ...
region in
Ontario and
Quebec, Canada.
However, the status of ''Anaxyrus americanus'' subspecies is unclear,
[ and ''Anaxyrus americanus copei'' is not listed in the 2012 edition of the "Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico".]
References
americanus copei
Amphibians of Canada
Endemic fauna of Canada
Taxa named by Henry Crécy Yarrow
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