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Rhinella

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae

Taxonomy
Rhinella was named by Fitzinger (1826). It is extant.

It was assigned to Bufonidae by Pérez Ben et al. (2014), Ponssa et al. (2022).

Species
R. arenarum (syn. Bufo pisanoi), R. xerophylla
Species lacking formal opinion data
R. pisanoi, R. schneideri, R. spinulosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Rhinella Fitzinger
2014Rhinella Pérez Ben et al.
2022Rhinella Ponssa et al. p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
suborderAnura()
—Neobatrachia(Reig 1958)
familyBufonidaeGray 1825
genusRhinellaFitzinger 1826

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Rhinella Fitzinger 1826
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Rhinella arenarum Hensel 1867
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Invalid names: Bufo pisanoi Casamiquela 1967 [synonym]
†Rhinella xerophylla Ponssa et al. 2022
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Uhen 2004, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 13.82000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.63 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Chile (Malleco) R. sp. (137122)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Argentina (Buenos Aires) Bufo pisanoi (196694)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) R. pisanoi (152064 152081 152084) R. pisanoi, R. schneideri (198863)
Chapadmalalan3.8 - 3.0Argentina (Córdoba) R. spinulosa, R. arenarum (197905)
Chapadmalalan3.8 - 3.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Bufo pisanoi (197964)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Argentina (Jujuy) R. sp., R. xerophylla (198682)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Chile (O'Higgins) R. sp. (71280)