Chaunus atacamensis
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| Chaunus atacamensis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Chaunus |
| Species: | C. atacamensis |
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| Chaunus atacamensis Cei, 1962 | |
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Chaunus atacamensis, sometimes called the Vallenar toad and Atacama toad, is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family that is endemic to Chile. Its natural habitats are rivers, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, temperate desert (including the Atacama Desert), and ponds. A specific example of an ecoregion of occurrence is the Chilean matorral.
References
- C. Michael Hogan & World Wildlife Fund. 2013. Chilean matorral. ed. M.McGinley. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC
- A. Veloso & H. Núñez. 2004. Bufo atacamensis. 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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