Brown Slender Toad vs Stinking Hawk's-beard

Ansonia leptopus compared with Crepis foetida

Key Differences

  • Brown Slender Toad is Least Concern while Stinking Hawk's-beard is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Brown Slender Toad Stinking Hawk's-beard
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Amphibia (Amphibians) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Anura (Frogs & Toads) Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family Bufonidae Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus Ansonia Crepis
Species Ansonia leptopus Crepis foetida

Conservation Status

Brown Slender Toad

LC — Least Concern

Stinking Hawk's-beard

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Brown Slender Toad Stinking Hawk's-beard
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown Slender Toad

Habitat

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

Stinking Hawk's-beard

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate grasslands and steppes, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (11 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Brown Slender Toad

The Brown Slender Toad (Ansonia leptopus) is a species in the genus Ansonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in freshwater habitats, moist forests, and wetlands.

Stinking Hawk's-beard

No description available.

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