IUCN Red List Category: LC (Draft 2014-09-08)
Taxonomy
| Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Amphibia | Anura | Bufonidae | Anaxyrus | Anaxyrus debilis |
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Geographic Range
This species occurs from Colorado and Kansas in the USA (Conant and Collins, 1991), and in the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas and San Luis Potosi, at altitudes between 760 and 1830 m asl.
FORO:
La especie se distribuye en los estados de Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí. A elevaciones de 760 a 1830. Habita en los ambientes de matorral xerófilo. (Aurelio Ramírez Bautista)
Habitat
This species inhabits arid and semiarid plains, valleys, and foothills in desert shrublands. It burrows in soil or hides under rocks, in cracks in soil, or in rodent burrows when inactive. Eggs and larvae develop in the shallow water of temporary ponds, rain pools, and pools along intermittent streams.
Conservation Actions
This species is found within the Mapimí Biosphere Reserve and Cuatro Cienegas Ecological Reserve in Mexico, among other protected areas in northern Mexico. This species is protected by Mexican law under the "Special Protection" category (Pr).
Red List Rationale
Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution and presumed large population.
Bibliography
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- Blackburn, L., Nanjappa, P. and Lannoo, M.J. 2001. An Atlas of the Distribution of U.S. Amphibians. Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA.
- Collins, J.T. 1982. Amphibians and reptiles in Kansas. Second Edition. Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist., Pub. Ed. Ser. 8, Kansas.
- Degenhardt, W.G., Painter, C.W. and Price, A.H. 1996. Amphibians and Reptiles of New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
- Frost, D.R. 1985. Amphibian Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Allen Press and the Association of Systematic Collections, Lawrence, Kansas.
- Hammerson, G.A. 1982. Amphibians and Reptiles in Colorado. Colorado Division of Wildlife, Denver, Denver.
- Stebbins, R.C. 1985. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians. Second Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts.
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