Rhinella margaritifera

Rhinella margaritifera

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 margaritifera

Name

Rhinella margaritifera (Laurenti, 1768)

• Holotype: ZISP 257.1.
• Type locality: “Brasilia [=Brazil]”.

Combinations

• Rana margaritifera Laurenti, 1768: 30 [original combination]
• Bufo margaritifer — Latreille in Sonnini & Latreille, 1801: 118 [name combination]
• Otolophus margaritifer — Fitzinger, 1843: 32 [subsequent combination]
• Bufo margaritiferus — Cope, 1870: 156 [subsequent combination]
• Rhinella margaritifer — Frost et al., 2006: 366 [subsequent combination, incorrent gender agreement]

Synonyms

• Rana gemmata Lacépède, 1788
• Bufo nasutus Schneider, 1799
• Bufo typhonius — Schneider, 1799
• Bufo mitrata Daudin, 1802
• Bufo perlatus Cuvier, 1817
• Bufo (Oxyrhynchus) naricus Spix, 1824
• Bufo (Rhinella) naricus — Cuvier, 1829
• Trachycara fusca Tschudi, 1845
• Bufo pleuropterus Schmidt, 1857

References

Primary references

• Laurenti, J.N. 1768. Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austriacorum, quod authoritate et consensu (In Latin). Joan Thomae: Vienna. 217 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Lavilla, E.O., Caramaschi, U., Langone, J.A., Pombal, J.P. & de Sá, R.O. 2013. The identity of Rana margaritifera Laurenti, 1768 (Anura, Bufonidae). Zootaxa 3646(3): 251–264. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3646.3.4 Reference page. 
• Lavilla, E.O., Langone, J.A., Caramaschi, U., Pombal, J.P., Jr. & Sá, R.O. de 2017. Comments on the neotype of Rana margaritifera Laurenti, 1768 (Anura, Bufonidae). Zootaxa 4286(1): 113–114. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.1.5 Reference page. 

Links

• Solís, F., Ibáñez, R., Jaramillo, C., Fuenmayor, Q., Silvano, D., Coloma, L.A., La Marca, E., Ron, S. & Hoogmoed, M. 2010. IUCN: Rhinella margaritifera  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T54701A11185916. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T54701A11185916.en
• 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 margaritifera . Accessed on 08 Apr 2008.

Vernacular names

English: South American Common Toad

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