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Ansonia
Stoliczka, 1870
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Ansonia (commonly known as stream toads) is a small genus of true toads. They are found in South India; northern Thailand; Malay Peninsula; Tioman Island; Borneo and Mindanao (Philippines). These are a small forest species. They spawn in streams and have torrent-adapted tadpoles.
Species
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| Ansonia albomaculata (Inger, 1960) | Whitebelly stream toad |
| Ansonia anotis (Inger, Tan & Yambun, 2001) | |
| Ansonia endauensis (Grismer, 2006) | Endau stream toad |
| Ansonia fuliginea (Mocquard, 1890) | North Borneo stream toad |
| Ansonia glandulosa (Iskandar & Mumpuni, 2004) | |
| Ansonia guibei (Inger, 1966) | Mesilau stream toad |
| Ansonia hanitschi (Inger, 1960) | Kadamaian stream toad |
| Ansonia inthanon (Matsui, Nabhitabhata & Panha, 1998) | Inthanon stream toad |
| Ansonia kraensis (Matsui, Khonsue, & Nabhitabhata, 2005) | Kra stream toad |
| Ansonia latidisca (Inger, 1966) | Sambas stream toad |
| Ansonia latirostra (Grismer, 2006) | |
| Ansonia leptopus (Günther, 1872) | Matang stream toad |
| Ansonia longidigita (Inger, 1960) | Long-fingered stream toad |
| Ansonia malayana (Inger, 1960) | Pigmy false toad |
| Ansonia mcgregori (Taylor, 1922) | McGregor's stream toad |
| Ansonia minuta (Inger, 1960) | Tiny stream toad |
| Ansonia muelleri (Boulenger, 1887) | Muller's stream toad |
| Ansonia ornata (Günther, 1876) | Ornate stream toad |
| Ansonia penangensis (Stoliczka, 1870) | Penang stream toad |
| Ansonia platysoma (Inger, 1960) | Luidan stream toad |
| Ansonia rubigina (Pillai & Pattabiraman, 1981) | Silent Valley torrent toad |
| Ansonia siamensis (Kiew, 1985) | Siamese stream toad |
| Ansonia spinulifer (Mocquard, 1890) | Kina Balu stream toad |
| Ansonia tiomanica (Hendrickson, 1966) | Pulo Tioman stream toad |
| Ansonia torrentis (Dring, 1984) | Gunung Mulu stream toad |
- L Lee Grismer, 2006: A new species of Ansonia Stoliczka, 1870 (Anura: Bufonidae) from a lowland rainforest in Southern Peninsular Malaysia. Herpetologica 62,4: pp. 466–475 [1]
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