Nectophrynoides is a genus of true toads, family Bufonidae. They are endemic to Eastern Arc forests and wetlands in Tanzania,[1][2] and all except N. tornieri are threatened. Species of the genus are ovoviviparous: fertilization is internal, and the females give birth to fully developed, small toadlets.[2] Together with the West Africa Nimbaphrynoides (which was included in Nectophrynoides in the past) and Limnonectes larvaepartus, they are the only frogs/toads in the world that do not lay eggs.[3][4] The Ethiopian Altiphrynoides (includes Spinophrynoides), which lay eggs, were also part of Nectophrynoides in the past.[3]
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^ abChanning and Howell. (2006). Amphibians of East Africa. Pp. 104–117. ISBN 3-930612-53-4
^ abWells (2007). The Ecology and Behavior of Amphibians. Pp. 486–487. ISBN 978-0-226-89334-1
^Iskandar, D. T.; Evans, B. J.; McGuire, J. A. (2014). "A novel reproductive mode in frogs: a new species of fanged frog with internal fertilization and birth of tadpoles". PLOS ONE. 9 (12): e115884. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9k5884I. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0115884. PMC 4281041. PMID 25551466.
also part of Nectophrynoides in the past. The genus Nectophrynoides contains 13 accepted species. Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Nectophrynoides Noble, 1926"...
to Nectophrynoides asperginis. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nectophrynoides asperginis. Kihansi Spray Toad faces extinction Nectophrynoides asperginis...
Mortenson Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Wyoming) Kihansi spray toad (Nectophrynoides asperginis) Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus) Christmas Island...
was first described as Nectophrynoides occidentalis by Fernand Angel in 1943. A second species from Mount Nimba, Nectophrynoides liberiensis, was described...
Nectophrynoides poyntoni, also known as Poynton's forest toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to the Udzungwa Mountains in...
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in paired strings that hatch into tadpoles, although, in the genus Nectophrynoides, the eggs hatch directly into miniature toads. All true toads are toothless...
further metamorphosis outside the body of the mother. Members of genera Nectophrynoides and Eleutherodactylus bear froglets, not only the hatching, but all...
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Reserve". West Hawaii Today. Archived from the original on 10 May 2023. "Nectophrynoides asperginis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 25 July 2014. 25...
larvaepartus, Eleutherodactylus jasperi and members of the Tanzanian genus Nectophrynoides are the only frogs known to be ovoviviparous. In these species, fertilization...
(Salamandra atra) and several species of Tanzanian toad in the genus Nectophrynoides are ovoviviparous, developing through the larval stage inside the mother's...
salamander (Salamandra atra) and some of the African live-bearing toads (Nectophrynoides spp.) are viviparous. Their larvae feed on glandular secretions and...
Retrieved January 28, 2018. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2015). "Nectophrynoides asperginis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T54837A16935685...
Internal fertilization does occur in a few other genera, including Nectophrynoides, Mertensophryne, and Eleutherodactylus. In the case of newts, the process...
Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures Kihansi spray toad Nectophrynoides asperginis Kihansi Falls, Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania Last recorded...
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