Distribution of Bufotes latastii (Boulenger, 1882), endemic to the Western Himalaya.
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Distribution of Bufotes latastii (Boulenger, 1882), endemic to the Western Himalaya.
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Alytes
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2018
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
36
Number
1-4
Pages
314-327
Abstract
The distribution of Bufotes latastii, a diploid green toad species, is analyzed based on field observations and literature data. 74 localities are known, although 7 ones should be confirmed. The range of B. latastii is confined to northern Pakistan, Kashmir Valley and western Ladakh in India. All records of “green toads” (“Bufo viridis”) beyond this region belong to other species, both to green toads of the genus Bufotes or to toads of the genus Duttaphrynus. B. latastii is endemic to the Western Himalaya. Its allopatric range lies between those of bisexual triploid green toads in the west and in the east. B. latastii was found at altitudes from 780 to 3200 m above sea level. Environmental niche modelling was applied to predict the potential distribution range of the species. Altitude was the variable with the highest percent contribution for the explanation of the species distribution (36 %).
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