Chaunus arenarum

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Chaunus arenarum
Chaunus arenarum from Argentina
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Chaunus
Species: C. arenarum
Binomial name
Chaunus arenarum
Hensel, 1867
Synonyms
  • Bufo arenarum

Chaunus arenarum is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family that is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, and possibly Paraguay.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, rivers, intermittent freshwater marshes, sandy shores, coastal freshwater lagoons, rural gardens, urban areas, ponds, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches.

References

  • Kwet, A., Reichle, S., Silvano, D., Úbeda, C., Baldo, D. & di Tada, I. 2004. Bufo arenarum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July, 2007.
  • 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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