Rhinella arenarum

Rhinella arenarum
Rhinella arenarum from Argentina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Rhinella
Species: R. arenarum
Binomial name
Rhinella arenarum
(Hensel, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Bufo arenarum Hensel, 1867
  • Chaunus arenarum (Hensel, 1867)

Rhinella arenarum is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae that is found in Argentina from the Chubut Province northward, Bolivia east of the Andes, southern Brazil, and Uruguay; it is expected to occur in Paraguay.[1][2] Rhinella arenarum inhabits small ponds or bogs with stagnant water, in dry, temperate habitats, mostly in open areas. It is locally common. While it is collected for educational and scientific uses and also suffers from road kills, it in general is not threatened.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kwet, A., Reichle, S., Silvano, D., Úbeda, C., Baldo, D. & di Tada, I. (2004). "Rhinella arenarum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2004: e.T54576A11169255. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Rhinella arenarum (Schmidt, 1857)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 17 July 2016.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/27/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.