Melanophryniscus pachyrhynus

Melanophryniscus pachyrhynus is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is known from São Lourenço do Sul in southern Brazil and from Uruguay.[2] Populations in Uruguay were until recently considered a different species (Melanophryniscus orejasmirandai) and assessed as being vulnerable.[3]

Melanophryniscus pachyrhynus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Melanophryniscus
Species:
M. pachyrhynus
Binomial name
Melanophryniscus pachyrhynus
Synonyms[2]

Atelopus pachyrhynus Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920
Melanophryniscus orejasmirandai Prigioni and Langone, 1987

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater lakes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. Garcia, Paulo; Segalla, Magno Vicente (2004). "Melanophryniscus pachyrhynus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T54826A11210690. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T54826A11210690.en.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Melanophryniscus pachyrhynus (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  3. Lavilla, Esteban; Langone, Jose (2004). "Melanophryniscus orejasmirandai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T54825A11210496. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T54825A11210496.en.


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