Melanophryniscus atroluteus

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Melanophryniscus atroluteus
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Melanophryniscus
Species: M. atroluteus
Binomial name
Melanophryniscus atroluteus
(Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920)

Melanophryniscus atroluteus is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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