Rhinella arenarum

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Rhinella arenarum is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae that is found in southern Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina (Chubut Province northward) and Bolivia (east of the Andes).[1][3] 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] Fossils representing this species are known with certainty from the late Pliocene to the Holocene of central Argentina.[2]

Rhinella arenarum
In Argentina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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
  • Bufo pisanoi Casamiquela, 1967[2]
  • Chaunus arenarum (Hensel, 1867)

References

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  1. ^ a b c Axel Kwet, Steffen Reichle, Débora Silvano, Carmen Úbeda, Diego Baldo, Ismael Di Tada (2004). "Rhinella arenarum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T54576A11169255. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T54576A11169255.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b Pérez-Ben, Celeste M.; Gómez, Raúl O.; Báez, Ana M. (2014-06-07). "Intraspecific morphological variation and its implications in the taxonomic status of ' Bufo pisanoi ,' a Pliocene anuran from eastern Argentina". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (4): 767–773. Bibcode:2014JVPal..34..767P. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.839452. hdl:11336/32051. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 86197593.
  3. ^ 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.