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(Redirected from Chaunus arunco) Species of amphibian

Rhinella arunco
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Rhinella
Species: R. arunco
Binomial name
Rhinella arunco
(Molina, 1782)
Synonyms
  • Bufo chilensis Tschudi, 1838
  • Bufo arunco Schneider, 1799
  • Chaunus arunco (Molina 1782)

Rhinella arunco is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae that is endemic to Chile. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, water storage areas, ponds, aquaculture ponds, open excavations, and irrigated land. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2015). "Rhinella arunco". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T54577A79810607. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T54577A79810607.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

Sources

  • Frost, D. R.; Grant, T.; Faivovich, J. N.; Bain, R. H.; Haas, A.; Haddad, C. L. F. B.; De Sá, R. O.; Channing, A.; Wilkinson, M.; Donnellan, S. C.; Raxworthy, C. J.; Campbell, J. A.; Blotto, B. L.; Moler, P.; 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: 1–291. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2006)297[0001:TATOL]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5781.


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Taxon identifiers
Rhinella arunco
Rana arunco


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