Altiphrynoides

Altiphrynoides is a genus of toads, commonly referred to as Ethiopian toads. They are restricted to highlands of south-central Ethiopia in the Arussi, Bale and Sidamo Provinces.^[1] Both species are threatened by habitat loss.^[2] They were formerly included in Nectophrynoides, but lack the unusual reproductive mode of those species (they lay eggs, while Nectophrynoides give birth to fully developed young). Conversely, some authorities treat Altiphrynoides as a monotypic genus for A. malcolmi, placing A. osgoodi in another monotypic genus, Spinophrynoides.^[2][3]

Altiphrynoides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Bufonidae
Genus:	Altiphrynoides Dubois, 1987
Diversity
2 species (see text)
Synonyms
Spinophrynoides Dubois, 1987

Species

There are two species:^[1][4][5]

Binomial name and author	Common name
Altiphrynoides malcolmi (Grandison, 1978)	Malcolm's Ethiopian toad
Altiphrynoides osgoodi (Loveridge, 1932)	Osgood's Ethiopian toad