Most likely the Spiny slender toad, Ansonia cf. echinata, Inger and Stuebing, 2009 – around 140m ASL. This species is from a different locality than the holotype of Ansonia echinata – if these animals are truly Ansonia echinata and not…
Tag: echinata
17th May 2022
27th March 2020
The gracile slender toad, Ansonia teneritas, Waser et al., 2016 – around 1100m ASL The species name teneritas, Latin for ‘tenderness’, refers to the gracile body shape and small body size of this species in comparison to congeners.
23rd March 2020
Most likely the Spiny slender toad, Ansonia cf. echinata, Inger and Stuebing, 2009 – around 140m ASL This species is from a different locality than the holotype of Ansonia echinata – if these animals are truly Ansonia echinata and not…
2nd January 2019
Spiny slender toad, Ansonia echinata, Inger and Stuebing, 2009 – around 890m ASL The specific name echinata is derived from Latin echinatus, meaning “thorny”, and refers to the spinose tubercles on top of the snout and on the sides.