Rococo Toad
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| Rococo Toad | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Bufo |
| Species: | C. schneideri |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaunus schneideri Werner, 1894 |
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| Synonyms | |
| Bufo paracnemis
Bufo schneideri |
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The Rococo Toad (Chaunus 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 B. 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.
[edit] 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 07 January 2011.
- "Bufo schneideri". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=207191. Retrieved 19 March 2006.
- Frost, Darrel; Grant, Taran; Faivovich, JuliÁN; Bain, Raoul H.; Haas, Alexander; Haddad, CÉLIO F.B.; De SÁ, Rafael O.; Channing, Alan et al (2006). "The Amphibian Tree of Life". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297: 364. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2006)297[0001:TATOL]2.0.CO;2.
- ZipcodeZoo: Practical Pet Care: Rococo Toad
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