Rhinella xerophylla Ponssa et al. 2022 (toad)

Amphibia - Salientia - Bufonidae

Full reference: M. L. Ponssa, M. J. Baboth, P. E. Ortiz, A. M. Candela, and M. O. Pereya. 2022. A new late Pliocene toad of the genus Rhinella (Bufonidae) from northwestern Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 115

Belongs to Rhinella according to M. L. Ponssa et al. 2022

Sister taxon: Rhinella arenarum

Type specimen: JUY-P 316, a partial skull (squamosal). Its type locality is San Roque, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial sandstone in the Uquía Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at San Roque

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