Chaunus rubropunctatus

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Chaunus rubropunctatus
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Chaunus
Species: C. rubropunctatus
Binomial name
Chaunus rubropunctatus
Guichenot, 1848
Synonyms
  • Bufo rubropunctatus

Chaunus rubropunctatus is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family that is found in Argentina and Chile. Its natural habitats are subantarctic forests, temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry forests, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  • Úbeda, C., Veloso, A., Núñez, H. & Basso, N. 2004. Bufo rubropunctatus. 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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