Bombina maxima

Bombina maxima
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bombinatoridae
Genus: Bombina
Species: B. maxima
Binomial name
Bombina maxima
(Boulenger, 1905)
Synonyms

Bombina microdeladigitora Liu, Hu, and Yang, 1960
Bombina fortinuptialis Hu and Wu, 1978

Bombina maxima, the Yunnan firebelly toad or large-webbed bell toad, is a species of toad in the Bombinatoridae family found in southern/southwestern China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Hubei, Guangxi, and Guizhou) and in northern Vietnam.[1]

Yunnan firebelly toads are small toads. Males grow to a snout–vent length of about 49 mm (1.9 in) and females of about 45 mm (1.8 in). Tadpoles are up to 27 mm (1.1 in) in length.[2]

References

  1. Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Bombina maxima (Boulenger, 1905)". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  2. Fei, L. (1999). Atlas of Amphibians of China (in Chinese). Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. p. 60. ISBN 7-5349-1835-9.
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