Rhinella bella

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Bufonidae
Genus: Rhinella
Species: Rhinella bella

Name

Rhinella bella Menéndez-Guerrero, Santos, Salazar-Nicholls, Green & Ron, 2024: 13

• Holotype: QCAZ 23305, adult ♂, collected by Santiago Ron on 18 March 2003.
• Type locality: “Ecuador, Guayas Province, between Palmas and Balsas (c. 2.003° S, 80.562° W) at 72 m a.s.l.”

References

Primary references

• Menéndez-Guerrero, P.A., Santos, S.P.L., Salazar-Nicholls, M.J., Green, D.M. & Ron, S.R. 2024. Cryptic diversity in toads of the Rhinella marina species group (Anura, Bufonidae) with a subjectively beautiful new species from Western Ecuador. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202(3): zlad197. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad197 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Beautiful Cane Toad