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| taxon = Bufoides<br />
| image_caption = Bufoides meghalayanus<br />
| image = Bufoides_meghalayanus.jpg<br />
| authority = Pillai and Yazdani, 1973<br />
| type_species = ''[[Bufoides meghalayanus|Ansonia meghalayana]]''<br />
| type_species_authority = Yazdani and Chanda, 1971<br />
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'''''Bufoides''''' is a small genus of [[true toad]]s, family Bufonidae.<ref name=Frost/><ref name=AmphibiaWeb/> The genus is [[endemic]] to [[Northeast India]],<ref name=Frost/> with one species known from the [[Garo Hills|Garo]] and [[Khasi Hills]].<ref name="Chandramouli and Amarasinghe 2016"/><br />
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==Taxonomy and systematics==<br />
''Bufoides'' was erected in 1973 to accommodate ''[[Bufoides meghalayanus|Ansonia meghalayana]]''. It remained [[monotypic]] until 2016 when Chandramouli and Amarasinghe transferred ''[[Bufoides kempi|Pedostibes kempi]]'' to ''Bufoides'', in their quest to achieve [[monophyletic]] ''[[Pedostibes]]''. The move was supported by the morphological similarity and geographic proximity of the two species, and rendered ''Pedostibes'' monotypic and restricted to the [[Western Ghats]]. However, it remains possible that the two ''Bufoides'' species are actually conspecific.<ref name="Chandramouli and Amarasinghe 2016"/> The closest relatives of the genus remain unknown.<ref name=Frost/><br />
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==Description==<br />
''Bufoides'' are small toads; the maximum sizes of the two species are {{convert|30|and|47|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} in snout–vent length. Supraorbital, preorbital, and postorbital ridges are present. The [[parotoid gland]]s are short and oval. No externally visible [[Tympanum (anatomy)|tympanum]] is present. The tips of the digits have rounded, poorly dilated discs. Dorsal skin is granular. The fingers have basal webbing whereas the toes have complete webbing.<ref name="Chandramouli and Amarasinghe 2016"/><br />
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==Species==<br />
There are two recognized species:<br />
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* ''[[Bufoides kempi]]'' <small>(Boulenger, 1919)</small><br />
* ''[[Bufoides meghalayanus]]'' <small>(Yazdani and Chanda, 1971)</small><br />
* ''[[Bufoides bhupathyi]]'' Naveen, Tapley, Chandramouli, Jervis, Babu, Meetei & Karunakaran, 2023<br />
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==References==<br />
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<ref name=AmphibiaWeb>{{cite web |url=http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Bufonidae.shtml|title=Bufonidae |year=2018 |work=AmphibiaWeb |publisher=University of California, Berkeley |accessdate=8 March 2018}}</ref><br />
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<ref name="Chandramouli and Amarasinghe 2016">{{Cite journal |last1=Chandramouli |first1=S. R. |last2=Amarasinghe |first2=A. A. Thasun |name-list-style=amp |date=2016 |title=Taxonomic reassessment of the arboreal toad genus ''Pedostibes'' Günther 1876 (Anura: Bufonidae) and some allied oriental bufonid genera |journal=Herpetologica |volume=72 |issue=2 |pages=137–147 |doi=10.1655/herpetologica-d-15-00053|s2cid=89533353 }}</ref><br />
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<ref name=Frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/index.php//Amphibia/Anura/Bufonidae/Bufoides |title=''Bufoides'' Pillai and Yazdani, 1973 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2018 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=8 March 2018}}</ref><br />
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