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Kihansi spray toad
The Kihansi spray toad, ''Nectophrynoides asperginis'', is a small toad endemic to Tanzania.〔Channing and Howell. (2006). ''Amphibians of East Africa.'' Pp. 106-107. ISBN 3-930612-53-4〕 The species is live-bearing and insectivorous.〔 The Kihansi spray toad is currently categorized as "Extinct in the wild" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), though the species persists in ''ex situ'', captive breeding populations.
==Physiology==
The Kihansi spray toad is a small, sexually dimorphic anuran, with females reaching up to long and males up to .〔 The toads display yellow skin coloration with brownish dorsolateral striping. Females are often duller in coloration, and males normally have more significant markings Additionally, males exhibit dark inguinal patches on their sides where their hind legs meet their abdomens.〔 Abdominal skin is translucent, and developing offspring can often be seen in the bellies of gravid females.〔
These toads have webbed toes on their hind legs,〔〔 but lack expanded toe tips.〔 They lack external ears, but do possess normal anuran inner ear features, with the exception of tympanic membranes and air-filled middle ear cavities.
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