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Kihansi Spray Toad

Amphibians

The Kihansi spray toad is a small, live bearing, insect eating toad once endemic to Tanzania. It is classified as extinct in the wild by the IUCN, surviving only in captive breeding colonies, with an estimated 6,200 individuals held mostly at the Bronx Zoo and the Toledo Zoo.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Insectivore 1
Living or Extinct
No 2
Scientific Name
Nectophrynoides asperginis 2
Conservation Status
Extinct in the Wild 1
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Kihansi spray toad
  • diet-classification (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
    The species is live-bearing and insectivorous.
  • Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
    status = EW
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2. Kihansi Spray Toad (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q2697780 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): extinct in the wild.
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