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Melanophryniscus stelzneri (Toad)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Melanophryniscus stelzneri (bumblebee toad or black-and-yellow walking toad) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae which is endemic to Argentina and is harvested for the pet trade. Two subspecies are recognized.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
24
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 9.05
EDGE Score: 2.31
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Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Litter Size [1]  351
Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.181 inches (3 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Río Pilcomayo National Park II 123699 Formosa, Argentina
Ybycu'í National Park II 13915 Paraguay  

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Cylindrotaenia americana[2]

Range Map

External References

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.
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
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