Rhinella arenarum

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][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 up to the Holocene of central Argentina.[2]

Rhinella arenarum
Rhinella arenarum from Argentina

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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
  • †Bufo pisanoi Casamiquela, 1967[2]
  • Chaunus arenarum (Hensel, 1867)

References
  1. Kwet, A., Reichle, S., Silvano, D., Úbeda, C., Baldo, D. & di Tada, I. (2004). "Rhinella arenarum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T54576A11169255. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T54576A11169255.en.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. 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. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.839452. ISSN 0272-4634.
  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.


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