Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Bufonidae > Rhinella > Rhinella arenarumRhinella arenarum (Argentine toad)Synonyms: Bufo arenarius; Bufo arenarum; Bufo arenarum chaguar; Bufo arenarum mendocinus; Bufo arenarum platensis; Bufo marinus platensis; Bufo mendocinus; Chaunus arenarum; Phryniscus connectens Rhinella arenarum is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae that is found in Argentina from the Chubut Province northward, Bolivia east of the Andes, southern Brazil, and Uruguay; it is expected to occur in Paraguay. Rhinella arenarum inhabits small ponds or bogs with stagnant water, in dry, temperate habitats, mostly in open areas. It is locally common. While it is collected for educational and scientific uses and also suffers from road kills, it in general is not threatened. |
Adult Weight [1] | 258 grams | | Diet [1] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates) | | Litter Size [1] | 4,750 | Litters / Year [1] | 1 | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 4.547 inches (11.55 cm) |
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Species |
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Climate |
Land Use |
Alta Paraná Atlantic forests |
Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Araucaria moist forests |
Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Bolivian montane dry forests |
Bolivia |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Dry Chaco |
Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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High Monte |
Argentina |
Neotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Humid Pampas |
Argentina |
Neotropic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Low Monte |
Argentina |
Neotropic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Paraná flooded savanna |
Argentina |
Neotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Patagonian steppe |
Chile, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Southern Andean steppe |
Argentina, Chile |
Neotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Southern Andean Yungas |
Bolivia, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Uruguayan savanna |
Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
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Tropical Andes |
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela |
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Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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