Himalayan toad
| Himalayan toad | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Duttaphrynus |
| Species: | D. himalayanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Duttaphrynus himalayanus (Günther, 1864)
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The Himalayan toad, (also known as the Himalaya toad, Himalayan true toad, Himalayan broad-skulled toad, and Günther's high altitude toad) (Duttaphrynus himalayanus) is a species of toad. It lives in India, China, Nepal, Bhutan, and Pakistan.[2][3][1]
Body
The frog is 130-132 mm long from nose to rear end. The skin of its back is brown in color.[3]
Home
This frog lives high in the mountains and in evergreen forests in hills nearby. It lives near streams in forests, places with small woody plants, and near farm fields. It is good at living in places that human beings have changed. Scientists saw the frog between 1000 and 3500 meters above sea level.[3][1]
This frog lives in many protected parks: Tarai National Park, Chitwan National Park, Khunjgerab National Park, Central Karakorum National Park Jigme Dorji National Park, and Jigme Khesar Strict Nature Reserve. It used to live in Namdhapa National Park, Mouling National Park, and Dihang-Dibang Biosphere Reserve.[1]
Food
People have seen this frog eat grasshoppers, moths, ants, and other animals with no bones.[3]
Young
The tadpoles are dark in color with big bellies and flat heads. Their tails are not strong. The tadpoles are 28-30 with the tail. The tail by itself is 19-20 mm. They live in small pools of water where the water does not move fast. These pools have algae in them.[3]
Danger
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is not in danger of dying out. Human beings do change the places where the frog lives to make farms and other things people need, and pollution can kill this frog. Climate change could also hurt this frog.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Himalayan Toad: Duttaphrynus himalayanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T54662A63876071. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T54662A63876071.en. Retrieved July 11, 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Script error: The function "ASW6" does not exist.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Script error: The function "amphibiaweb" does not exist.
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