The southwestern toad or Mexican Madre toad (Anaxyrus mexicanus), formerly Bufo mexicanus, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to north-western Mexico and found on the Sierra Madre Occidental in eastern Sonora and western Chihuahua and south to south-western Durango.[1][2] Its natural habitats are conifer forests, commonly along low rivers and streams, its breeding habitat. It is a rare species threatened by habitat disturbance, including alterations causing the desiccation of streams and soils.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Anaxyrus |
| Species: | A. mexicanus
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| Anaxyrus mexicanus (Brocchi, 1879)
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| Synonyms | |
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Bufo mexicanus Brocchi, 1879 | |
References
edit- ^ a b c IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Anaxyrus mexicanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T54708A53950440. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T54708A53950440.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Anaxyrus mexicanus (Brocchi, 1879)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
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