Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Rhinophrynidae > Rhinophrynus > Rhinophrynus dorsalis

Rhinophrynus dorsalis (Burrowing Toad; Mexican Burrowing Toad)

Synonyms: Rhinophryne rostratus; Rhinophrynus rostratus
Language: Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

The Mexican burrowing toad (Rhinophrynus dorsalis) is the only species in the genus Rhinophrynus and the family Rhinophrynidae of order Anura. These frogs live from south Texas through Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador to Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The family was once more widespread, including species ranging as far north as Canada, but these died out in the Oligocene. Its name means ‘nose-toad’, from rhino- (ῥῑνο-), the combining form of the Ancient Greek rhis (ῥίς, ‘nose’) and phrunē (φρύνη, ‘toad’).
View Wikipedia Record: Rhinophrynus dorsalis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
100
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
70
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 190.67
EDGE Score: 5.26
View EDGE Record: Rhinophrynus dorsalis

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  90 grams
Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Litter Size [1]  2,633
Litters / Year [1]  1
Nocturnal [1]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  3.504 inches (8.9 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama Yes

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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