Bufo viridis asiomontanus Pisanets and Shcherbak, 1979
Bufo tianschanica Toktosunov, 1984
Bufo danatensis taxkorensisFei,
Ye, and Huang, 1999
Bufo danatensis pewzowi (Bedriaga, 1898)
Bufo tianschanicus Toktosunov, 1984 (correction of gender)
Bufo taxkorensis (Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1999)
Pseudepidalea pewzowi (Bedriaga, 1898)
Pseudepidalea taxkorensis (Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1999)
(incomplete list)
Bufotes pewzowi is a species of
toad in the family
Bufonidae. It is found in dry plains of Central Asia, the foothills and mountains of
Tian Shan,
Zhungar Alatau and
Pamir Mountains (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan), the mountains and deserts of
Western China and Mongolia, and probably westward to northern Afghanistan and north to
Lake Balkhash in Kazakhstan and northeast
Altai Republic in Russia.[2] The
specific namepewzowi honours
Mikhail Pevtsov, a Russian geographer, cartographer, and explorer.[3] Common names include Xinjiang toad[1] and Pewzow's toad;[2][3] when
subspeciesB. p. strauchi is recognized, it can be referred to as northern Xinjiang toad, while the nominotypic B. p. pewzowi then becomes southern Xinjiang toad.[2]
Bufotes pewzowi occurs in dry steppes, grasslands, semi-deserts and deserts, and in mountains from foothills through all altitudinal belts up to
subalpine meadows, perhaps to over 4,000 m (13,000 ft)
above sea level. The
tadpoles develop in oases, ponds, and pools. It is a very common species that can be found in very disturbed habitat. No major threats to this species are known. It can suffer from extreme habitat modification and from collection for traditional medicine. It probably occurs in several protected areas within its range.[1]