Rhinella diptycha

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 diptycha

Name

Rhinella diptycha (Cope, 1862)

Type locality: Not mentioned specifically, but the Page Expedition visited many localities now in Brazil, northeastern Argentina, and southern Paraguay, along the drainages of the Paraná and Paraguai Rivers.

Holotype: USNM 5841.

Synonyms

• Bufo diptychus Cope, 1862
• Chaunus diptychus — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006

References

• Cope, 1862, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 14: 353.
• Lavilla, E.O. & Brusquetti, F. 2018. On the identity of Bufo diptychus Cope, 1862 (Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 4442(1): 161–170. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4442.1.9 Reference page. 

Links

• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Rhinella diptycha . Accessed on 08 Apr 2008.
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN: Rhinella diptycha  (Not Evaluated)

Vernacular names

English: Cope's Toad