Rococo toad

Rococo Toad
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Bufonidae
Genus:	Rhinella
Species:	R. schneideri
Binomial name
Rhinella schneideri (Werner, 1894)
Synonyms
Chaunus schneideri Bufo paracnemis Bufo schneideri

The Rococo Toad (Rhinella schneideri), sometimes referred to as Schneider's Toad, is a large toad native to the South America countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. It is frequently mistaken for the Cane Toad, and gets nearly as large. The easiest way to distinguish the two species, is that R. schneideri has poison glands on its back legs, as well as on either side of its head, as other toads.

It is kept as a pet.

References

• Aquino et al. (2004). Bufo schneideri. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes a range map and justification for why this species is of least concern
• Rhinella schneideri 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 January 2011.
• "Bufo schneideri". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 March 2006. 
• 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. 
• ZipcodeZoo: Practical Pet Care: Rococo Toad
• Carlos Chaparro, J.; Pramuk, J. B.; Gluesenkamp, A. G. (2007). "A New Species of Arboreal Rhinella (Anura: Bufonidae) from Cloud Forest of Southeastern Peru". Herpetologica 63 (2): 203. doi:10.1655/0018-0831(2007)63[203:ANSOAR]2.0.CO;2.