Rhinella
Rhinella, commonly known as South American toads, beaked toads or Rio Viejo toads, is a genus of true toads native to Neotropical parts of Mexico, Central and South America. Additionally, the cane toad has been Introduced to Australia, the Caribbean, the Philippines and elsewhere.
Species
Cane Toad
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAmphibia
- OrderAnura
- FamilyBufonidae
Habitatbrackish, freshwater
Observations30,745
Rhinella es un género de anfibios de la familia Bufonidae nativo del sur de Norteamérica, América Central y América del Sur. Originalmente, todas las especies de Rhinella estaban incluidas en el género Bufo, que posteriormente se desdobló en Rhinella y Rhamphophryne. Chaparro, Pramuk y Gluesenkamp (2007) consideran que ambos géneros son sinónimos de Rhinella.[1] A pesar de que otros autores, como Pauly, Hillis y Cannatella (2004) continúan considerando Rhinella como subgénero de Bufo, la amplia revisión taxonómica de anfibios realizada en 2006 por el equipo de Darrel R. Frost, del Museo Americano de Historia Natural,[2] ha establecido que Rhinella sea un género independiente. Especies Se reconocen las siguientes 91 especies:[3] Rhinella abei (Baldissera, Caramaschi & Haddad, 2004) Rhinella achalensis (Cei, 1972) Rhinella achavali (Maneyro, Arrieta, & de Sá, 2004) Rhinella acrolopha (Trueb, 1971) Rhinella acutirostris (Spix, 1824) Rhinella alata (Thominot, 1884) Rhinella amabilis (Pramuk & Kadivar, 2003) Rhinella amboroensis (Harvey & Smith, 1993) Rhinella arborescandens (Duellman & Schulte, 1992) Rhinella arenarum (Hensel, 1867) Rhinella arequipensis (Vellard
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Rhinella, commonly known as South American toads, beaked toads or Rio Viejo toads, is a genus of true toads native to Neotropical parts of Mexico, Central and South America. Additionally, the cane toad has been Introduced to Australia, the Caribbean, the Philippines and elsewhere.
Originally, all species of the genus Rhinella were included in the genus Bufo, then they were split into the genera Chaunus and Rhamphophryne. However, Chaunus and Rhamphophryne are now considered synonyms of Rhinella.