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Amargosa toad
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B. nelsoni
Binomial name
Bufi nelsoni
Stejneger, 1893
Synonyms

Bufo boreas ssp. nelsoni Stejneger, 1893
Anaxyrus nelsoni

The Amargosa toad (Bufo nelsoni) is a species of toad. They belong to the family Bufonidae. They were once considered a subspecies of the Western toad.

  • Pauly, G. B., D. M. Hillis, and D. C. Cannatella. (2004) The history of a Nearctic colonization: Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of the Nearctic toads (Bufo). Evolution 58: 2517–2535.

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