Amargosa Toad
Bufo (Anaxyrus) nelsoni
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- A. nelsoni – Nye Co, NV – photo from iNaturalsit, Robert Dobbs
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Bufo (Anaxyrus) nelsoni occurs only in one isolated population in southwestern Nevada.
LEGAL STATUS: Bufo (Anaxyrus) nelsoni is protected in the state of Nevada.
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Bufo (Anaxyrus) nelsoni (Stejneger – 1893)
Genus: Bufo, Latin = toad – toads have been known as bufo since ancient times
Genus 2: Anaxyrus – Greek = a chief, a leader
Species: nelsoni, honors Edward William Nelson
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962