Rhinella arborescandens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Bufonidae
Genus: Rhinella
Species: Rhinella arborescandens

Name

Rhinella arborescandens (Duellman & Schulte, 1992)

• Holotype: KU 209395, adult ♂, obtained by Rainer Schulte on 23 July 1981.
• Type locality: “from a pass approx. 5 km (by road) NE of Mendoza (06°18′S, 77°27′W, elev. approx. 2400 m), Provincia Rodriguez de Mendoza, Departamento de Amazonas, Peru”.

Combinations

• Bufo arborescandens Duellman & Schulte, 1992: 162 [original combination]
• Chaunus arborescandens — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006: 364 [subsequent combination]
• Rhinella arborescandens — Chaparro, Pramuk & Gluesenkamp, 2007: 205 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Duellman, W.E. & Schulte, R. 1992. Description of a New Species of Bufo from Northern Peru with Comments on Phenetic Groups of South American Toads (Anura: Bufonidae). Copeia 1992(1): 162–172. DOI: 10.2307/1446548 Reference page. 
• Frost, D.R., Grant, T., Faivovich, J., Bain, R.H., Haas, A., Haddad, C.F.B., de Sá, R.O., Channing, A., Wilkinson, M., Donnellan, S.C., Raxworthy, C.J., Campbell, J.A., Blotto, B.L., Moler, P.E., Drewes, R.C., Nussbaum, R.A., Lynch, J.D., Green, D.M. & Wheeler, W.C. 2006. The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297: 1–370. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2006)297[0001:TATOL]2.0.CO;2 ; hdl: 2246/5781 . Reference page. 
• Chaparro, J.C., Pramuk, J.B. & Gluesenkamp, A.G. 2007. A New Species of Arboreal Rhinella (Anura: Bufonidae) from Cloud Forest of Southeastern Peru. Herpetologica 63(2): 203–212. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2018. IUCN: Rhinella arborescandens  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T54575A3016604. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T54575A3016604.en. Accessed on 25 January 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Mendoza Pass Toad