Melanophryniscus

Melanophryniscus
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Melanophryniscus

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Bufonidae
Genus:	Melanophryniscus Gallardo, 1961

Species

See table.

Melanophryniscus (South American Redbelly Toads) is a genus of toads composed of 20 amphibian species located in Argentina, south of Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.

species

Binomial Name and Author	Common Name
Melanophryniscus admirabilis Di-Bernardo, Maneyro & Grillo, 2006
Melanophryniscus atroluteus (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920)	Uruguay Redbelly Toad
Melanophryniscus cambaraensis Braun & Braun, 1979	Brazilian Redbelly Toad
Melanophryniscus cupreuscapularis Céspedez & Alvarez, 2000
Melanophryniscus devincenzii Klappenbach, 1968	Rivera Redbelly Toad
Melanophryniscus dorsalis (Mertens, 1933)
Melanophryniscus fulvoguttatus (Mertens, 1937)
Melanophryniscus klappenbachi Prigioni & Langone, 2000
Melanophryniscus krauczuki Baldo & Basso, 2004
Melanophryniscus macrogranulosus Braun, 1973	Torres Redbelly Toad
Melanophryniscus montevidensis (Philippi, 1902)	Montevideo Redbelly Toad
Melanophryniscus moreirae (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920)	Maldonado Redbelly Toad
Melanophryniscus orejasmirandai Prigioni & Langone, 1987	Orejas-Miranda Redbelly Toad
Melanophryniscus pachyrhynus (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920)
Melanophryniscus rubriventris (Vellard, 1947)	Yungas Redbelly Toad
Melanophryniscus sanmartini Klappenbach, 1968	San Martin Redbelly Toad
Melanophryniscus simplex Caramaschi & Cruz, 2002
Melanophryniscus spectabilis Caramaschi & Cruz, 2002
Melanophryniscus stelzneri (Weyenbergh, 1875)	Redbelly Toad
Melanophryniscus tumifrons (Boulenger, 1905)	Swelling Redbelly Toad

External Links

Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). Melanophryniscus. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: May 03, 2008).
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Melanophryniscus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: May 03, 2008).
eol - Encyclopedia of Life taxon Melanophryniscus at http://www.eol.org.
ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database Taxon Melanophryniscus at http://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: May 03, 2008).
GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxon Melanophryniscus at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm

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