Taxonomic Information
This is also known as Chrome-yellow Toad and Humbali Village Toad.
Conservation and Special status
This species is listed as Endangered in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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This species is very rare. It inhabits wet evergreen forests, inland wetlands, and riparian grasslands of two localities in Maharashtra (Koyna and Aboli) in the Western Ghats of India at elevations between 900m and 1,200m.
Conservation Status:
This species is listed as Endangered in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/).
According to the IUCN Red List assessment, the population of this species is declining, and its current population size in unknown. its Extent of Occurrence is less than 5,000 sq km. The threat to its persistence comes from habitat degradation due to agriculture and logging.
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S.D. Biju, Sushil Dutta, Robert Inger. 2004. Xanthophryne koynayensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T54684A11173845. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T54684A11173845.en. Accessed on 05 November 2020.
Page citation
Bayani, A. 2024. Beduka koynayensis (Soman, 1963) – Koyna Toad. In Gosavi, N., A. Bayani, and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 1.05. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.indianamphibians.org/beduka-koynayensis, accessed 2024/10/15.