Truebella tothastes is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to Ayacucho Region in the Cordillera Oriental of central Peru and is only known from a few locations west of the Apurímac River. The specific name tothastes is a Greek noun meaning "one who scorns" and refers to the enigmatic position of the genus Truebella within the bufonids.
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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...
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Not a migrantAnimals that do not make seasonal movements and stay in their native home ranges all year round are called not migrants or residents.
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starts withAdult males measure 26–30 mm (1.0–1.2 in) and adult females, based on a single specimen only, 37 mm (1.5 in) in snout–vent length. A smaller female (29 mm (1.1 in) SVL) was not mature. The snout is pointed in dorsal view and acutely rounded and protruding in lateral view. The canthus rostralis is sharp. Tympanum is absent. The arms are robust and the fingers are short, with slightly bulbous tips but no terminal discs; webbing is absent. The legs are short and stocky. The toes have slightly bulbous tips but no terminal discs; webbing is thick and fleshy, barely discernible. Skin has many warts dorsally but parotoid glands are absent. Coloration is variable; preserved specimens are mostly uniformly dark chocolate brown dorsally, but a mid-dorsal stripe, and sometimes, even dorsalateral stripes, may be present. The belly is mottled.
