Melanophryniscus spectabilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Bufonidae
Genus: Melanophryniscus
Species: Melanophryniscus spectabilis

Name

Melanophryniscus spectabilis Caramaschi & Cruz, 2002: 308

• Holotype: MZUSP 9424, adult ♂, collected by F. Plaumann in October 1951.
• Type locality: “BRAZIL, SANTA CATARINA, Municipality of Nova Teutônia (27°09′ S, 52°25′ W)”.

References

Primary references

• Caramaschi, U. & Cruz, C.A.G. 2002. Taxonomic status of Atelopus pachyrhynus Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920, redescription of Melanophryniscus tumifrons (Boulenger, 1905), and descriptions of two new species of Melanophryniscus from the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae). Arquivos do Museu Nacional 60(4): 303–314. Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group & Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna. 2023. IUCN: Melanophryniscus spectabilis  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023: e.T54830A172200736. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T54830A172200736.en. Accessed on 10 December 2024.