Ansonia (genus)
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''Ansonia'' is a genus of
true toads A true toad is any member of the family Bufonidae, in the order Anura (frogs and toads). This is the only family of anurans in which all members are known as toads, although some may be called frogs (such as harlequin frogs). The bufonids now ...
found in south
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, northern
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,
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, Tioman Island,
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, and Mindanao (
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). These small forest species spawn in streams and have torrent-adapted
tadpole A tadpole or polliwog (also spelled pollywog) is the Larva, larval stage in the biological life cycle of an amphibian. Most tadpoles are fully Aquatic animal, aquatic, though some species of amphibians have tadpoles that are terrestrial animal, ...
s. Common name stream toads has been coined for the genus, although individual species are also being referred to as slender toads. The genus was named by Stoliczka after the governor of Penang, Colonel Edward Anson.Description
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Species

There are currently over 36 species in this genus:


References


External links

* taxo
''Ansonia''
at http://www.eol.org. * Taxo
''Ansonia''
at https://web.archive.org/web/20160606043808/http://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: Apr 30, 2008). * Taxo
''Ansonia''
at https://web.archive.org/web/20080501142231/http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm
Amphibian genera Frogs of Asia Taxa named by Ferdinand Stoliczka {{Bufonidae-stub