Forest Toads
Mertensophryne
Mertensophryne, the snouted frogs, is a genus of true toads native to Eastern and southern Democratic Republic of Congo to Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, southeastern Zimbabwe and adjacent Mozambique. Mertensophryne consists of species previously allocated to the genera Stephopaedes and Bufo, with just one species, Mertensophryne micranotis, occurring in the genus originally. There are 14 species.
15 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 15 known species
Loveridges Snouted Toad
speciesMertensophryne micranotis
Taita Toad
speciesMertensophryne taitana
Dar-es-Salaam Toad
speciesMertensophryne lindneri
Udzungwa Toad
speciesMertensophryne uzunguensis
Chirinda Toad
speciesMertensophryne anotis
Lugh Toad
speciesMertensophryne lughensis
Nyika Dwarf Toad
speciesMertensophryne nyikae
Dark-sided Toad
speciesMertensophryne melanopleura
Loveridge's Forest Toad
speciesMertensophryne loveridgei
Lönnberg's Toad
speciesMertensophryne lonnbergi
Schmidt's Forest Toad
speciesMertensophryne schmidti
Usambara Forest Toad
speciesMertensophryne usambarae
Mrora Forest Toad
speciesMertensophryne howelli
Nairobi Toad
speciesMertensophryne nairobiensis
Mocquard's Toad
speciesMertensophryne mocquardi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 21850.