Bufonidae

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Animalia Chordata Amphibia Anura Bufonidae
Phrynoidis asper (Gravenhorst, 1829)

Phrynoidis asper (Gravenhorst, 1829)

Phrynoidis asper (Gravenhorst, 1829)

Phrynoidis asper is a rough-skinned toad that grows to different maximum sizes by sex and lives near streams and rivers.

Poyntonophrynus fenoulheti (Hewitt & Methuen, 1912)

Poyntonophrynus fenoulheti (Hewitt & Methuen, 1912)

Poyntonophrynus fenoulheti (Hewitt & Methuen, 1912)

Poyntonophrynus fenoulheti, a small toad with multiple common names, lives in rocky Bushveld areas of southern Africa.

Rhaebo haematiticus (Cope, 1862)

Rhaebo haematiticus (Cope, 1862)

Rhaebo haematiticus (Cope, 1862)

Rhaebo haematiticus is a nocturnal toad species of the Bufonidae family found across parts of Central and South America near forest.

Rhaebo guttatus (Schneider, 1799)

Rhaebo guttatus (Schneider, 1799)

Rhaebo guttatus (Schneider, 1799)

Rhaebo guttatus is a toxic toad species found in tropical South American lowland forests, locally threatened by habitat loss.

Rhinella arenarum (Hensel, 1867)

Rhinella arenarum (Hensel, 1867)

Rhinella arenarum (Hensel, 1867)

Rhinella arenarum is a common toad species of the Bufonidae family found in parts of South America that is generally not threatened.

Rhinella arunco (Molina, 1782)

Rhinella arunco (Molina, 1782)

Rhinella arunco (Molina, 1782)

Rhinella arunco is an endemic Chilean toad in Bufonidae, threatened by habitat loss.

Rhinella atacamensis (Cei, 1962)

Rhinella atacamensis (Cei, 1962)

Rhinella atacamensis (Cei, 1962)

Rhinella atacamensis is an endemic Chilean toad threatened by multiple human activities and drought.

Rhinella castaneotica (Caldwell, 1991)

Rhinella castaneotica (Caldwell, 1991)

Rhinella castaneotica (Caldwell, 1991)

Rhinella castaneotica is a bufonid toad found in the upper Amazon Basin that lives in lowland old-growth forests, with no known major threats.

Rhinella crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1821)

Rhinella crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1821)

Rhinella crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1821)

Rhinella crucifer is a toad species found in rainforests and disturbed habitats, threatened by habitat loss and present in protected areas.

Rhinella dapsilis (Myers & Carvalho, 1945)

Rhinella dapsilis (Myers & Carvalho, 1945)

Rhinella dapsilis (Myers & Carvalho, 1945)

Rhinella dapsilis is a Bufonidae toad found in northwestern South America, living in forest and wetland habitats.

Rhinella diptycha (Cope, 1862)

Rhinella diptycha (Cope, 1862)

Rhinella diptycha (Cope, 1862)

Rhinella diptycha, a toad with multiple common names, is found across parts of central-eastern South America.

Rhinella dorbignyi (Duméril & Bibron, 1841)

Rhinella dorbignyi (Duméril & Bibron, 1841)

Rhinella dorbignyi (Duméril & Bibron, 1841)

Rhinella dorbignyi is a small common toad found in open grasslands of eastern South America.

Rhinella festae (Peracca, 1904)

Rhinella festae (Peracca, 1904)

Rhinella festae (Peracca, 1904)

Rhinella festae is a toad species in Bufonidae found in Ecuador and Peru, threatened by habitat loss.

Rhinella granulosa (Spix, 1824)

Rhinella granulosa (Spix, 1824)

Rhinella granulosa (Spix, 1824)

Rhinella granulosa, the granular toad, is an adaptable, non-threatened toad species endemic to Brazil.

Rhinella icterica (Spix, 1824)

Rhinella icterica (Spix, 1824)

Rhinella icterica (Spix, 1824)

Rhinella icterica is a common adaptable South American toad that preys on yellow scorpions and is not considered threatened.

Rhinella margaritifera (Laurenti, 1768)

Rhinella margaritifera (Laurenti, 1768)

Rhinella margaritifera (Laurenti, 1768)

Rhinella margaritifera, the South American common toad, is a Bufonidae species complex found in Amazonian South America and eastern Panama.

Rhinella ornata (Spix, 1824)

Rhinella ornata (Spix, 1824)

Rhinella ornata (Spix, 1824)

Rhinella ornata is a bufondiae toad found in Brazil (possibly Argentina) threatened by habitat loss that hybridizes with R. crucifer to form R. pombali.

Rhinella proboscidea (Spix, 1824)

Rhinella proboscidea (Spix, 1824)

Rhinella proboscidea (Spix, 1824)

Rhinella probocidea is a toxic Amazonian toad, the only known species to practice functionally reproductive necrophilia.

Rhinella rubescens (Lutz, 1925)

Rhinella rubescens (Lutz, 1925)

Rhinella rubescens (Lutz, 1925)

Rhinella rubescens is a golden orange toad species endemic to Brazil, threatened by habitat loss.

Rhinella humboldti (Gallardo, 1965)

Rhinella humboldti (Gallardo, 1965)

Rhinella humboldti (Gallardo, 1965)

Rhinella humboldti, or Rivero's toad, is an abundant bufonid toad found across northern South America and Trinidad.

Rhinella spinulosa (Wiegmann, 1834)

Rhinella spinulosa (Wiegmann, 1834)

Rhinella spinulosa (Wiegmann, 1834)

Rhinella spinulosa is a common toad from Andean South America with a wide altitudinal and habitat range.

Rhinella horribilis (Wiegmann, 1833)

Rhinella horribilis (Wiegmann, 1833)

Rhinella horribilis (Wiegmann, 1833)

Rhinella horribilis is a proposed separate species of giant toad for Mesoamerican and northwestern South American cane toad populations.

Rhinella marina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rhinella marina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rhinella marina (Linnaeus, 1758)

This is a detailed description of the cane toad Rhinella marina, covering its physical traits, distribution, ecology, and human uses.

Vandijkophrynus angusticeps (Smith, 1848)

Vandijkophrynus angusticeps (Smith, 1848)

Vandijkophrynus angusticeps (Smith, 1848)

Vandijkophrynus angusticeps, the sand toad, is a South African toad distinguished by unspotted white bellies and yellow foot upper surfaces.

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