Poyntonophrynus grandisonae | |
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Conservation status
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Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Bufonidae |
Genus: | Poyntonophrynus |
Species: | P. grandisonae
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Binomial name | |
Poyntonophrynus grandisonae (Poynton & Haacke, 1993)
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Synonyms | |
Bufo grandisonae Poynton & Haacke, 1993 |
Poyntonophrynus grandisonae (common name: Grandison's toad or Mossamedes toad) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to Namibe Province, Angola.[1][2] Its range may be more widespread than currently known, including the nearby Iona National Park. It is only known from a few specimens because there has not been much research in the surrounding area, and thus its 2014 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species assessment remained at "Data Deficient".[1]
It is named for Alice Georgie Cruickshank Grandison (born 1927), a Curator of Herpetology at Natural History Museum, London.[3]