alstonia vs Redbelly Toad

Alstonia boonei compared with Melanophryniscus langonei

Key Differences

• alstonia is Least Concern while Redbelly Toad is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alstonia	Redbelly Toad
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Amphibia (Amphibians)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Anura (Frogs & Toads)
Family	Apocynaceae	Bufonidae
Genus	Alstonia	Melanophryniscus
Species	Alstonia boonei	Melanophryniscus langonei

Conservation Status

alstonia

LC — Least Concern

Redbelly Toad

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alstonia	Redbelly Toad
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

alstonia

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon and Guinea.

Redbelly Toad

Habitat

Typically found in freshwater habitats, moist forests, and wetlands.

alstonia

The Alstonia (Alstonia boonei) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeo. Distributed across Cameroon and Guinea.