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Rhinella leptoscelis (Boulenger, 1912)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last Record: 1912
 
Rediscovered in: 2006

 

Distribution

Bolivia & Peru

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Boulenger, G. A. (1912). Descriptions of new batrachians from the Andes of South America, preserved in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 8, 10: 185-191.


Other references:

Padial, J. M., Chaparro, J. C., Koehler, J. and de la Riva, I. (2009). Rediscovery, resurrection and redescription of Rhinella leptoscelis (Boulenger, 1912) (Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 2115:56-64.

Scheffers, Brett R., Yong, Ding Li, Harris, J. Berton C., Giam, Xingli and Sodhi, Navjot S. (2011). The world’s rediscovered species: back from the brink? PLoS ONE 6(7): e22531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022531 [Supporting Information (Table S1)]

 

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