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Dendrophryniscus
Sign in to saveDendrophryniscus is a genus of true toads in the family Bufonidae, sometimes known as tree toads. They are endemic to the Atlantic Forest of Brazil.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAmphibia
- OrderAnura
- FamilyBufonidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 33
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Bufonidae
- Collections
- UTA, CAS, MSUM, MVZ, USNM, KU
- Recorded in
- Ecuador, Brazil, Suriname, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Guyana
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- genus
- Commons category
- Dendrophryniscus
- taxon name
- Dendrophryniscus
- topic's main category
- Category:Dendrophryniscus
- endemic to
- Brazil
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Encyclopedic overview
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Dendrophryniscus is a genus of true toads in the family Bufonidae, sometimes known as tree toads. They are endemic to the Atlantic Forest of Brazil.
==Taxonomy== Until 2012, the genus Dendrophryniscus included the species now separated to the genus Amazophrynella. This was based on molecular genetic evidence that indicated deep divergence between an Amazonian and an Atlantic Forest clade, the latter retaining the name Dendrophryniscus whereas the former was described as a new genus Amazonella, later amended to Amazophrynella because of homonymy.
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