Rhinella quechua

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 quechua

Name

Rhinella quechua (Gallardo, 1961)

• Holotype: CM 4225.
• Type locality: “Incachaca, 2500 m, Department of Cochabamba, Bolivia”.

Combinations

• Bufo quechua Gallardo, 1961: 4 [original combination]
• Chaunus quechua — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006: 364 [subsequent combination]
• Rhinella quechua — Chaparro, Pramuk & Gluesenkamp, 2007: 205 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Bufo echinodes Reynolds & Foster, 1992: 87
  • Holotype: USNM 257799, adult ♂, collected by Mercedes S. Foster on 6 November 1979.
  • Type locality: “Parjacti [= Paracti], 83.2 km by road NE Cochabamba on road to Villa Tunari, Chapare Province, Department of Cochabamba, Bolivia, elevation approximately 2044 m”.

• Bufo amboroensis Harvey & Smith, 1993: 443
  • Holotype: MNK AM-953, adult ♂, collected by Michael B. Harvey and Eric N. Smith on 8 January 1992.
  • Type locality: “a small stream 12.7 km by road E of El Enpalne along road to Khara Huasi, Provincia Carrasco, Estado Cochabamba, Bolivia 2150 meters”.

References

Primary references

• Gallardo, J.M. 1961. Three new toads from South America: Bufo manicorensis, Bufo spinulosus altiperuvianus and Bufo quechua. Breviora 141: 1–8.
• Frost, D.R., Grant, T., Faivovich, J., Bain, R.H., Haas, A., Haddad, C.F.B., de Sá, R.O., Channing, A., Wilkinson, M., Donnellan, S.C., Raxworthy, C.J., Campbell, J.A., Blotto, B.L., Moler, P.E., Drewes, R.C., Nussbaum, R.A., Lynch, J.D., Green, D.M. & Wheeler, W.C. 2006. The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297: 1–370. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2006)297[0001:TATOL]2.0.CO;2 ; hdl: 2246/5781 . Reference page. 
• Chaparro, J.C., Pramuk, J.B. & Gluesenkamp, A.G. 2007. A New Species of Arboreal Rhinella (Anura: Bufonidae) from Cloud Forest of Southeastern Peru. Herpetologica 63(2): 203–212. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Reynolds, R.P. & Foster, M.S. 1992. Four new species of frogs and one new species of snake from the Chapare region of Bolivia, with notes on other species. Herpetological Monographs 6: 83–104. Reference page. 
• Harvey, M.B. & Smith, E.N. 1993. A new aquatic Bufo (Anura: Bufonidae) from cloud forests in the Serranía de Siberia, Bolivia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 106: 442–449.

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2020. IUCN: Rhinella quechua  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T54742A154330836. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T54742A154330836.en. Accessed on 26 January 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Incachaca Toad