Mexican Burrowing Toad | |
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Family: | Rhinophrynidae Günther, 1859 |
Genus: | Rhinophrynus |
Species: | R. dorsalis |
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Rhinophrynus dorsalis | |
Distribution of R. dorsalis (in black) |
The Mexican burrowing toad (Rhinophrynus dorsalis) is a frog. They are the only species in the genus Rhinophrynus and the family Rhinophrynidae. These frogs live from the southern Texas through Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador to Nicaragua and Costa Rica. They used to live in more places. There were species going as far north as Canada, but these died out in the Oligocene.
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