Biology
The Kihansi Spray toad lived on the wetland spray zone vegetation surrounding the Kihansi Falls. © Tim Herman
Size
A small sized toad, at the borderline between the small/miniature size categories as defined by Clarke (1996); small 20-25mm, miniature 20mm or less.
Males 14.6 to 17.1mm; females 18.2 to 20.3mm snout-tip of urostyle length (data from type specimens, Poynton et al., 1998).
Reproduction
Kihansi spray toads are probably ovoviviparous like the other Nectoprhynoides species where fertilization is internal and eggs and developing tadpoles are retained in the female’s body until the young are born as small toadlets. The holotype, a female 19.8mm contained 16 embryos at Gosner stage 31.
Dispersal
This species clearly exhibits extreme philopatry being known from only a few populations in an area of barely 2 hectares, and it is likely that dispersal beyond a home patch was limited or non-existent.
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Reproduction and dispersal
Learn about the reproductive processes of Nectophrynoides asperginis and its very limited dispersal.
