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Mesoamerican Burrowing Toads: Rhinophrynidae - Physical Characteristics, Geographic Range, Habitat, Diet, Behavior And Reproduction, Mesoamerican Burrowing Toads And People - CONSERVATION STATUS

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This species is not considered to be at risk. It is quite common in parts of Mexico and Central America, but it is rare in the United States and only lives in a few scattered areas in Texas. For this reason, Texas Parks and Wildlife lists it as threatened.


FOR MORE INFORMATION

Books:

Lee, Julian C. The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Yucatán Peninsula. Ithaca, NY: Comstock Publishing Associates, Cornell University Press, 1996.

Meyer, John R., and Carol F. Foster. A Guide to the Frogs and Toads of Belize. Malabar, FL: Krieger, 1996.


Web sites:

Beaudry, B. 1999. "Rhinophrynus dorsalis." Animal Diversity Web. http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Rhinophrynus_dorsalis.html (accessed on February 10, 2005).

Cannatella, David. "Rhinophrynidae." Texas Memorial Museum, University of Texas. http://www.zo.utexas.edu/research/salientia/rhinophrynidae/rhinophrynidae.html (accessed on February 10, 2005).

"Family Rhinophrynidae (Burrowing Toad)." Animal Diversity Web. http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Rhinophrynus_dorsalis.html (accessed on February 10, 2005).

"Mexican Burrowing Toad." Amphibian Conservation Alliance. http://www.frogs.org/amphibianet/species.asp?Genus=Rhinophrynus&Species=dorsalis (accessed on February 10, 2005).

"Mexican Burrowing Toad." eNature, National Wildlife Federation. http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesFT.asp?fotogID=1098&curPageNum=4&recnum=AR0712 (accessed on February 10, 2005).

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Mesoamerican Burrowing Toads: Rhinophrynidae - Physical Characteristics

With its round and flat body and tiny, pointy-snouted head, the Mesoamerican burrowing toad is an odd-looking creature. It is so unusual, in fact, that some people might not even guess it is a type of frog until they see its hind legs and webbed feet sticking barely out from the saggy skin of its back. The skin droops along the sides of the body and up by the front legs, too. Its legs are short an…

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The frog uses its strong legs to dig backwards into the ground. As its legs work, the frog twists while blowing up its body with air and then letting the air out. When it is deep enough into the soil, the dirt falls in on top of the frog and eventually covers up the tunneling frog completely. It stays underground most of the time, coming up to the surface during the rainy season, which is when it …

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