Amazophrynella minuta

Amazophrynella minuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Amazophrynella
Species: A. minuta
Binomial name
Amazophrynella minuta
(Melin, 1941)
Synonyms

Atelopus minutus Melin, 1941
Dendrophryniscus minutus (Melin, 1941)

Amazophrynella minuta is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. However, because of description of new Amazophrynella species, it is not clear which old records refer to this species and which ones to the new ones.[2]

Amazophrynella minuta is a forest floor species found in old and second-growth tropical moist forest and premontane humid forest. Breeding takes place in semi-permanent and temporary waterbodies. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1] These are small toads with a maximum snout–vent length of about 24 mm (0.94 in).[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Coloma, L.A., Ron, S., Reynolds, R., Azevedo-Ramos, C. & Castro, F. (2010). "Amazophrynella minuta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2010: e.T54809A11205201. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Amazophrynella minuta (Melin, 1941)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  3. Cole, C. J.; Townsend, C. R.; Reynolds, R. P.; MacCulloch, R. D.; Lathrop, A. (2013). "Amphibians and reptiles of Guyana, South America: Illustrated keys, annotated species accounts, and a biogeographic synopsis". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 125 (4): 317–578. doi:10.2988/0006-324X-125.4.317.


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