On the ecology of the Mongolian toad (Bufo raddei Strauch, 1876) in the Valley of Lakes, Mongolia

S.L. Kuzmin

Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 2015, 319(4): 515–521 · https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2015.319.4.515

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Abstract

Results of field studies of ecology of the Mongolian Toad (Bufo raddei) in the Valley of Lakes, Northern Gobi, Mongolia, are presented. It is concluded that the toad populations in semi-desert depend more on microhabitat conditions of small low wetlands rather than on multiyear fluctuations of water level of lakes as such.

Key words

Mongolia, cyclicity in lake water level, ecology, Bufo raddei

Submitted April 21, 2015 · Accepted December 1, 2015 · Published December 25, 2015

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