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First distribution record of the Asiatic Toad Bufo gargarizans Cantor, 1842

from India — Dibang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh

First distribution record of the Asiatic Toad Bufo gargarizans Cantor, 1842

from India — Dibang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh

26/4/21, 6:30 am

Bufo gargarizans, a species complex, has a wide distribution ranging from Japan to south-western China, Vietnam, and Russia but was not previously reported from India. Surveys conducted in Dibang Valley district of Arunachal Pradesh near the Indo-Tibetan border with China in 2014–15 revealed previously unreported specimens of the toad genus Bufo.

Bufo gargarizans, a species complex, has a wide distribution ranging from Japan to south-western China, Vietnam, and Russia but was not previously reported from India. Surveys conducted in Dibang Valley district of Arunachal Pradesh near the Indo-Tibetan border with China in 2014–15 revealed previously unreported specimens of the toad genus Bufo.

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