Dendrophryniscus proboscideus

Dendrophryniscus proboscideus
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Dendrophryniscus
Species: D. proboscideus
Binomial name
Dendrophryniscus proboscideus
(Boulenger, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Phryniscus proboscideus
  • Atelopus proboscideus
  • Rhamphophryne proboscidea
  • Rhinella boulengeri
Not to be confused with Rhinella proboscidea.

Dendrophryniscus proboscideus is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

This species has been through a series of taxon changes. It was originally named Phryniscus proboscideus, and then Rhamphophryne proboscidea. A merge of the Rhamphophryne genus into Rhinella briefly placed this species into junior homonymy with a different species, Rhinella proboscidea. To resolve this, it was renamed Rhinella boulengeri in 2007.[2] A 2012 analysis moved the species into the Dendrophryniscus genus and renamed it Dendrophryniscus proboscideus.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Pimenta, B. & Junca, F. (2004). "Rhinella boulengeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
  2. ↑ Chaparro, J. C., Pramuk, J. B., Gluesenkamp, A. G., & Frost, D. R. (2007). "Secondary homonymy of Bufo proboscideus Spix, 1824, with Phryniscus proboscideus Boulenger, 1882". Copeia 2007 (4): 1029–1029.
  3. ↑ Fouquet, A., Recoder, R., Teixeira, M., Cassimiro, J., Amaro, R. C., Camacho, A., ... & Rodrigues, M. T. (2012). "Molecular phylogeny and morphometric analyses reveal deep divergence between Amazonia and Atlantic Forest species of Dendrophryniscus". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 62 (3): 826–838.
  4. ↑ Frost, Darrel (2014). "Dendrophryniscus proboscideus (Boulenger, 1882)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 7 March 2015.