Rhinella marina

Rhinella marina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neobatrachia
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura Subordo: Neobatrachia

Familia: Bufonidae
Genus: Rhinella
Species: Rhinella marina

Name

Rhinella marina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type locality: Surinam.

Holotype: By indication; including specimen illustrated in Seba, 1734, Locuplet. Rer. Nat. Thesaur. Descript. Icon. Exp. Univ. Phys. Hist., 1: pl. 76, fig. 1.

Note

The recognition of Rhinella as a genus distinct from Bufo is highly controversial, and has not been accepted by many herpetologists working with this group. Pauly et al. (2004) discuss the phylogenetic relationships of species in this group, and retain the species within Bufo. Retained in Bufo, this species is properly Bufo marinus.

Synonyms

• Rana marina Linnaeus, 1758
• Bufo brasiliensis Laurenti, 1768
• Rana gigas Wallbaum, 1784
• Rana humeris-armata Lacépède, 1788
• Bufo marinus — Schneider, 1799
• Bufo agua Latreille in Sonnini de Manoncourt & Latreille, 1801
• Rana brasiliana Shaw, 1802
• Bufo horridus Daudin, 1802
• Bufo humeralis Daudin, 1803
• Bombinator maculatus Merrem, 1820
• Rana maxima Merrem, 1820
• Bufo maculiventris Spix, 1824
• Bufo lazarus Spix, 1824
• Bufo albicans Spix, 1824
• Docidophryne agua — Fitzinger, 1843
• Bufo pithecodactylus Werner, 1899
• Bufo angustipes Taylor & Smith, 1945
• Bufo pythecodactylus — Rivero, 1961
• Rhinella marinus — Pramuk, Robertson, Sites & Noonan, 2008

References

• Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., Ed. 10, 1: 211.
• Pauly, G. B., D. M. Hillis, and D. C, Cannatella. (2004) The history of a Nearctic colonization: Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of the Nearctic toads (Bufo). Evolution 58: 2517–2535.
• Frost, Darrel R. 2010. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.4 (8 April, 2010). Electronic Database accessible at [1] American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Rhinella marina . Accessed on 08 Apr 2008.
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN link: Rhinella marina (Least Concern) (as Bufo marinus)

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Rietpadda
English: Giant Toad; Marine Toad; Cane Toad
Español: Sapo de caña; sapo marino
Italiano: Rospo marino
עברית: קרפדת קנים
日本語: オオヒキガエル