Rococo Toad

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Rococo Toad

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Chaunus
Species: C. schneideri
Binomial name
Chaunus schneideri
Werner, 1894
Synonyms
Bufo paracnemis

Bufo schneideri

The Rococo Toad (Chaunus schneideri), sometimes referred to as Schneider's Toad, is a large toad native to the South America countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. It is frequently mistaken for the Cane Toad, and gets nearly as large. The easiest way to distinguish the two species, is that B. schneideri has poison glands on its back legs, as well as on either side of its head, as other toads.

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