Citizen science enables a new locality record for a critically endangered toad, Peltophryne Florentinoi Moreno & Rivalta, 2007

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Published Jan 23, 2019
DOI https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.v0i13.196
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Luis M. Díaz
Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Cuba, Cuba
Jeffrey M. Lemm
San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research, USA
Erick M. Briggs
Caribbean Conservation Trust Herpetological Survey, USA
Sharon Clark
Caribbean Conservation Trust Herpetological Survey, USA
Andrew L. Dannenberg
Caribbean Conservation Trust Herpetological Survey, USA
Russell G. Gamber
Caribbean Conservation Trust Herpetological Survey, USA
Jane Kelly
Caribbean Conservation Trust Herpetological Survey, USA
Patrick Laughlin
Caribbean Conservation Trust Herpetological Survey, USA
Gary Markowski
Caribbean Conservation Trust, USA
Erin L. Shelley
Caribbean Conservation Trust Herpetological Survey, USA
Adrian B. Van Bakel
Caribbean Conservation Trust Herpetological Survey, USA

Abstract

The Zapata Toad (Peltophryne florentinoi) is reported from a new locality, Guajimico, which extends the distribution of this species to the Cienfuegos Province, in the central region of Cuba.

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West Indies, Cuba, Bufonidae, geographic distribution

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No. 13 (2019): Novitates Caribaea - January
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Díaz, L. M., Lemm, J. M., Briggs, E. M., Clark, S., Dannenberg, A. L., Gamber, R. G., Kelly, J., Laughlin, P., Markowski, G., Shelley, E. L., & Van Bakel, A. B. (2019). Citizen science enables a new locality record for a critically endangered toad, Peltophryne Florentinoi Moreno & Rivalta, 2007. Novitates Caribaea, (13), 122–124. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.v0i13.196

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