Rhinella atacamensis

Rhinella atacamensis

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 atacamensis

Name

Rhinella atacamensis (Cei, 1962)

Type locality: "Río Huasco, Vallenar", Chile.

Holotype: Including IBAUNC 0421-0422 (adults) and several juveniles.

Synonyms

• Bufo spinulosus atacamensis Cei, 1962
• Bufo arunco atacamensis — Cei, 1962
• Bufo atacamensis — Cei, 1971
• Chaunus atacamensis — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006

References

• Cei, J.M. 1962 "1961": Bufo arunco (Molina) y las formas chilenas de Bufo spinulosus Wiegmann. Investigaciones Zoológicas Chilenas, 7: 59–81.

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• Correa, C.L., M.A. Méndez, A. Veloso & M. Sallaberry, 2012: Genetic and Reproductive Evidence of Natural Hybridization between the Sister Species Rhinella atacamensis and Rhinella arunco (Anura, Bufonidae). Journal of herpetology, 46(4): 568–577. DOI: 10.1670/10-266.
• 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 atacamensis . Accessed on 08 Apr 2008.
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN: Rhinella atacamensis  (Least Concern) (as Bufo atacamensis)

Vernacular names

English: Vallenar Toad; Atacama Toad