Ansonia platysoma
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Ansonia |
| Species: | A. platysoma
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Ansonia platysoma, also known as the flat-bodied slender toad
Description
Adult males measure 21–23 mm (0.8–0.9 in) and adult females 22–28 mm (0.9–1.1 in) in
dorsum has a brown to olive ground colour. The warts on the back are rather smooth.[3]
Habitat and conservation
Adult Ansonia platysoma occur on the floor of
above sea level. They breed in clear, rocky mountain creeks.[1] Males call from vegetation in or along the streams,[3] and the tadpoles live in torrents of these streams, where they cling to rocks and presumably feed on lithophytes.[1]
Ansonia platysoma is locally abundant. It does not appear to adapt to habitat modification, but the known populations are within well-protected areas: the
Kinabalu National Parks in Sabah, and the Gunung Mulu National Park in Sarawak.[1]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ^ a b Inger, Robert F. (1960). "A review of the oriental toads of the genus Ansonia Stoliczka". Fieldiana Zoology. 39 (43): 473–503 [487–489].
- ^ a b c d Haas, A.; Das, I. & Hertwig, S.T. (2022). "Ansonia platysoma (Flat-bodied Slender Toad)". Frogs of Borneo – The frogs of East Malaysia and their larval forms. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ^ . Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ^ PMID 32068378.