Anaxyrus nevadensis
Anaxyrus nevadensis (Gordon, Simandle, Sandmeier & Tracy, 2020)
The Railroad Valley toad (Anaxyrus nevadensis) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to Nye County in the state of Nevada in the United States.
- Recorded from
- North America
- Also published as
- Bufo nevadensis Gordon, Simandle, Sandmeier & Tracy, 2020
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Description
It is one of the smallest species in the A. boreas species complex. It can be distinguished from A. boreas by its longer head and limbs, shorter and more narrow parotoid glands, and distinctive mottling on the undersides. It is brownish gray in coloration, flecked with dark brown, irregular spots.
Range & habitat
It is endemic to the spring-fed wetlands of Lockes Ranch in Railroad Valley, Nye County, Nevada. This is an extremely restricted and remote habitat surrounded otherwise by sagebrush steppe, restricting toad dispersal.
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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