Beddome's Toad Bufo beddomii is a species of toad found in the Western Ghats of India. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Myxozoa (slime animals) Superphylum Deuterostomia (blastopore becomes anus) Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... For other uses, see Amphibian (disambiguation). ... Suborders Archaeobatrachia Mesobatrachia Neobatrachia The Anura is the order of animals in the class Amphibia that includes frogs and toads. ... For other uses, see Toad (disambiguation). ... Species See text. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Families At least 9, see article. ... The Agasthiyamalai range of the Western Ghats The Western Ghats are a mountain range in India. ...

Description

Crown without bony ridges; snout short, projecting, with angular canthus rostralis; interorbital space a little broader than the upper eyelid; tympanum very small, sometimes indistinct. First finger not extending beyond second; toes nearly entirely webbed, with single subarticular tubercles, two small metatarsal tubercles ; no tarsal fold. The tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches to between the eye and the tip of the snout. Upper parts covered with rough tubercles; parotoids ovate, about twice as long as broad, rather indistinct. Dark brown above, with indistinct black spots; limbs beautifully marbled with carmine; lower surfaces marbled with brown.^[1]

From snout to vent 1.75 inches.

Travancore Hills, 4000 feet.

References

1. ^ Boulenger, G. A. (1890) Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.