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The Sumatra toad (''Duttaphrynus sumatranus'') is a species of toad endemic to
Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...
, Indonesia, and only known from Lubuk Selasi. It has been found along a small, clear stream in secondary forest. It is locally common but listed as a critically endangered species due to a restricted range and continuing habitat loss (conversion of habitat into rice paddies, causing siltation of streams).


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sumatranus ''Sumatranus'' is a genus of snakes belonging to the family Homalopsidae. The species of this genus are found in Southeastern Asia. Species Species: * ''Sumatranus albomaculata'' (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) References

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Amphibians of Indonesia Endemic fauna of Indonesia Fauna of Sumatra Amphibians described in 1871 Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters {{Bufonidae-stub