Chaunus crucifer

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Chaunus crucifer
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Chaunus
Species: C. crucifer
Binomial name
Chaunus crucifer
Wied-Neuwied, 1821
Synonyms
  • Bufo crucifer
  • Rhinella crucifer
Common name: striped toad[citation needed]

Chaunus crucifer is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family that is found in Brazil and possibly Argentina. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/full/54621/0
  • 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. 

External links

Data related to Rhinella crucifer at Wikispecies

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