Biology:Melanophryniscus milanoi

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Short description: Species of amphibian


Melanophryniscus milanoi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Melanophryniscus
Species:
M. milanoi
Binomial name
Melanophryniscus milanoi
Bornschein et al., 2015

Melanophryniscus milanoi is a species of toads in the family Bufonidae, first found in the Atlantic Forest in Santa Catarina, Brazil. It is found at intermediate-high altitudes and has a phytotelm-breeding reproductive strategy. It is distinguished from its cogenerate species based on differences in snout-vent length; having white and/or yellow spots on its forearms, mouth, belly and cloaca; the pattern and arrangement of warts; and the presence and number of corneous spines. It might be threatened by habitat loss.[1][2]

References

  1. Lötters, Stefan; Bornschein, Marcos R.; Firkowski, Carina R.; Baldo, Diego; Ribeiro, Luiz F.; Belmonte-Lopes, Ricardo; Corrêa, Leandro; Morato, Sérgio A. A. et al. (2015). "Three New Species of Phytotelm-Breeding Melanophryniscus from the Atlantic Rainforest of Southern Brazil (Anura: Bufonidae)". PLOS ONE 10 (12): e0142791. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0142791. ISSN 1932-6203. PMID 26630281. Bibcode2015PLoSO..1042791B. 
  2. BAIMA, CESAR (4 December 2015). "Cientistas descobrem três novas espécies de sapo na Mata Atlântica". O Globo. http://oglobo.globo.com/sociedade/ciencia/cientistas-descobrem-tres-novas-especies-de-sapo-na-mata-atlantica-18221655. Retrieved 7 December 2015. 

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