Vestergaard's forest toad
Nectophrynoides vestergaardi, also known as the Vestergaard's forest toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to the West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania. It is named in honour of Martin Vestergaard, the Danish biologist who was the first to recognize that the population now described as Nectophrynoides vestergaardi was a new species.
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TerrestrialTerrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land (e.g., cats, ants, snails), as compared with aquatic animals, which liv...
Oviparous animals are female animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive...
Jumping (saltation) can be distinguished from running, galloping, and other gaits where the entire body is temporarily airborne by the relatively l...
Ovoviviparity, ovovivipary, ovivipary, or aplacental viviparity is a term used as a "bridging" form of reproduction between egg-laying oviparous an...
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starts withAdult males measure 19–22 mm (0.7–0.9 in) and adult females 21–26 mm (0.8–1.0 in) in snout–urostyle length. The snout is short. The tympanum is distinct. The limbs are slender. The parotoid glands are present as a discrete raised elongated ridge. The fingers and toe tips are rounded. The fingers have traces of webbing while the toes have some basal webbing. Preserved specimens have light brown dorsal ground colour and are conspicuously darker laterally. Most individuals have a fine dark mid-dorsal vertebral line from snout to urostyle. The underside has a slightly translucent pale cream colour.
The presence of a small number (18) of large, developed embryos in females suggests that this species is ovoviviparous.
