Rhinella pygmaea

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 pygmaea

Name

Rhinella pygmaea (Myers & Carvalho, 1952)

Type locality: "São João da Barra, at the mouth of the Rio Parahyba (right bank), State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil".

Holotype: Stated to be deposited in the MNRJ. Considered likely to be MNRJ 2339.

Synonyms

• Bufo pygmaeus Myers and Carvalho, 1952
• Bufo granulosus pygmaeus — Gallardo, 1965
• Chaunus pygmaeus — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006

References

• Myers and Carvalho, 1952, Zoologica, New York, 37: 1.
• 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 pygmaea . Accessed on 08 Apr 2008.
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN: Rhinella pygmaea  (Least Concern) (as Bufo pygmaeus)

Vernacular names

English: Rio Parahyba Toad