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Melanophryniscus

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Melanophryniscus is a genus of toads in the family Bufonidae. 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.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Melanophryniscus is referenced by 26 other articles, and connects out to Bufonidae, Brazil and Argentina.

Vinony files it under Amphibian genera, Amphibians of South America and Melanophryniscus.

Its subject is documented across 20 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAmphibia
  4. OrderAnura
  5. FamilyBufonidae
Observations recorded4,359

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
26
With media
12
Family
Bufonidae
Collections
CM, USNM, MUSEU NACIONAL/UFRJ, TNHC, LSUMZ, FMNH
Recorded in
Brazil, Brasil, Chile, Argentina

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Bufonidae
Image
Melanophryniscus atroluteus.jpg
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taxon rank
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taxon name
Melanophryniscus
Commons category
Melanophryniscus
topic's main category
Category:Melanophryniscus
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Encyclopedic overview

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Melanophryniscus is a genus of toads in the family Bufonidae. 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.

== Species == There are 31 recognized species:

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Melanophryniscus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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