Biology:Melanophryniscus
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Short description: Genus of amphibians
| Melanophryniscus | |
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| M. atroluteus (above, underside), M. montevidensis (below, upperside) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Melanophryniscus |
| Type species | |
| Phryniscus stelzneri Weyenbergh, 1875
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29 species (see text) | |
Melanophryniscus is a genus of toads in the family Bufonidae.[1][2] They are found in northern half of Argentina , southern Bolivia, southern Brazil , Paraguay, and Uruguay. Common name South American redbelly toads has been coined for them.[1]
Species
There are 31 recognized species:[1]
The AmphibiaWeb also recognizes Melanophryniscus orejasmirandai,[2] which the Amphibian Species of the World treats as synonym of Melanophryniscus pachyrhynus.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Melanophryniscus Gallardo, 1961". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Bufonidae/Melanophryniscus.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Bufonidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2018. http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Bufonidae.shtml.
- ↑ 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. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Bufonidae/Melanophryniscus/Melanophryniscus-pachyrhynus.
External links
- ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database Taxon Melanophryniscus at https://web.archive.org/web/20160606043808/http://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: May 3, 2008).
- GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxon Melanophryniscus at https://web.archive.org/web/20080501142231/http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm
Wikidata ☰ Q515764 entry
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