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Rhinella sp.

Rhinella sp.


Family: Bufonidae
Order: Anura
Class: Amphibia
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Rhinella, commonly known as South American toads, beaked toads or Rio Viejo toads, is a genus of true toads native to Neotropical parts of Mexico, Central and South America. Additionally, the cane toad has been Introduced to Australia, the Caribbean, the Philippines and elsewhere.

Originally, all species of the genus Rhinella were included in the genus Bufo, then they were split into the genera Chaunus and Rhamphophryne. However, Chaunus and Rhamphophryne are now considered synonyms of Rhinella.

Etymology: 
  • Rhinella means ´little nose´, from rhino- (), the combining form of the Ancient Greek ´ (, ´nose´) and the Latin diminutive suffix -ella.
  • Chaunus is the Latinised form of the Ancient Greek ´ (, ´porous, spongy´).
  • Rhamphophryne, meaning "beaked toad", is from ´ (, ´beak´) and ´ (, ´toad´).


Species: There are about 94 living species recognised in the genus Rhinella:
ImageBinomial name and authorCommon nameDistribution
120px]](Baldissera, Caramaschi & Haddad, 2004)}}southeastern Brazil (eastern Paraná, eastern Santa Catarina and northern Rio Grande do Sul)
120px]](Cei, 1972)}}Cordoba toadnorthern Argentina (Córdoba and San Luis provinces)
120px]](Maneyro, Arrieta, & de Sá, 2004)}}Uruguay and southernmost Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul)
(Trueb, 1971)}}Cerro Mali beaked toadSerranía del Darién in eastern Panama
(Spix, 1824)}}Brazil, Colombia, Panama and Venezuela
120px]](Thominot, 1884)}}Western Panama through Chocoan western Colombia to northwestern Ecuador
(Pramuk and Kadivar, 2003)}}Loja Province, Ecuador
(Rojas, Peña, Ávila, Carvalho, Perez, Farias, Gordo & Hrbek, 2022)}}Peru
(Harvey & Smith, 1993)}}Cochabamba toadBolivia (Cochabamba Department)
(Duellman & Schulte, 1992)}}Mendoza Pass toadPeru (Mendoza, northern Cordillera Central, in the Amazonas Region)
120px]](Hensel, 1867)}}Common toad; Argentine toadArgentina from the Chubut Province northward, Bolivia east of the Andes
(Vellard, 1959)}}Rio Chili toadPeru
120px]](Molina, 1782)}}Arunco; Concepcion toadChile
(Cei, 1962)}}Vallenar toad; Atacama toadChile between Paposo (Antofagasta Region) and Las Chilcas (Valparaíso Region)
(Gallardo, 1965)}}Paraguay
120px]](Gallardo, 1965)}}Rivero´s ToadColombia east of the Andes and Venezuela north of the Orinoco to French Guiana; Trinidad
(Céspedez, 2000)}}Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay
Sanabria, Quiroga, Arias, and Cortez, 2010}}Argentina
Roberto, Brito, and Thomé, 2014}}Brazil (Ceará)
(Caldwell, 1991)}}Para toadBolivia (Pando), Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, and Rondônia), Colombia (Amazonas, Caquetá, and Putumayo) and eastern Peru
Narvaes and Rodrigues, 2009}}Panama (Chiriquí)
(Boulenger, 1882)}}Horned toadColombia, southern Venezuela (Cerro Neblina and Cerro Marahuaca), eastern Ecuador, northeastern Peru (Loreto), Brazil
120px]]Maciel, Brandão, Campos, and Sebben, 2007}}Brazil (Piauí, Bahia, Goiás, Mato Grosso and Distrito Federal), Argentina (Corrientes)
(Lehr, Köhler, Aguilar & Ponce, 2001)}}Peru (Huánuco)
(McCranie, Wilson & Williams, 1989)}}Rio Viejo toadHonduras
(Castillo-Urbina, Glaw, Aguilar-Puntriano, Vences, and Köhler 2021)}}Peru (Huánuco)
(Vélez-Rodriguez & Ruiz-Carranza, 2002)}}Colombia(La Pedrera, Amazonas Province)
120px]](Wied-Neuwied, 1821)}}Striped toadeastern Brazil between the states of Ceará in the north and Rio de Janeiro
120px]](Myers & Carvalho, 1945)}}Bom Jardim toadBrazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
120px]](Cope, 1862)}}Cope´s toad; cururu toadArgentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, eastern Bolivia, and eastern and southern Brazil
(Duméril & Bibron, 1841)}}Dorbigny´s toadnortheastern Argentina, Uruguay and southeastern Brazil
Ferrão, Lima, Ron, dos Santos & Hanken, 2020}}Bolivia (Beni and Pando Departments), Brazil (Rondônia) and Peru (Departments of Ucayali and Madre de Dios)
120px]](Gallardo, 1957)}}Bella Vista toadArgentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay
120px]](Peracca, 1904)}}Valle Santiago beaked toadEcuador and Peru
(Boulenger, 1903)}}Carabaya toadBolivia and Peru
(Carrizo, 1992)}}Gallardo´s toadArgentina
Vaz-Silva, Maciel, Bastos, and Pombal, 2015}}Brazil
(Gallardo, 1967)}}Rio Grande toadArgentina
120px]](Spix, 1824)}}Common lesser toadBrazil
(Lutz, 1934)}}Brazil
120px]](Caramaschi & Pombal, 2006)}}Brazil
120px]](Wiegmann, 1833)}}Cane toadnorth-western South America
(Gallardo, 1965)}}Rivero´s toadColombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and the Guianas
120px]](Spix, 1824)}}Yellow Cururu toadnortheastern Argentina (Misiones Province), southern Brazil and eastern Paraguay
(Stejneger, 1913)}}Inca toadPeru
Vaz-Silva, Valdujo, and Pombal, 2012}}Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil
(Jiménez de la Espada, 1875)}}Rio Perene toadPeru
120px]](Stevaux, 2002)}}Cururu toadBrazil (between Bujaru in northeastern Pará and Maranhão in the north, south to Bahia and Vitória, Espírito Santo)
(Harvey & Smith, 1994)}}El Chape toadBolivia
(Köhler, Vences, Padial, Plewnia & Lötters 2023)}}Bolivia
(Boulenger, 1912)}}Peru
120px]]Fouquet, Gaucher, Blanc and Velez-Rodriguez, 2007}}French Guiana, Suriname
120px]]Cusi, Moravec, Lehr, and Gvoždík, 2017}}Lily Rodriguez´s beaked toadPeru
(Werner, 1901)}}Peru Coast toadPeru
(Rivero & Castaño, 1990)}}Murri beaked toadColombia
Pérez-Ben, Gómez & Báez, 2019}}Argentina
120x120px]](Trueb, 1971)}}Santa Rita beaked toadColombia
Lima, Menin, and Araújo, 2007}}Brazil
frameless|120x120px]](Müller and Hellmich, 1936)}}Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia and in Brazil
120px]]Chaparro, Pramuk, and Gluesenkamp, 2007}}Peru
120px]](Laurenti, 1768)}}South American common toadPanama, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela
120px]](Linnaeus, 1758)}}Cane toadSouth and mainland Central America
120px]]Fouquet, Gaucher, Blanc and Velez-Rodriguez, 2007}}Suriname
(Gallardo, 1965)}}Venezuela (Bolívar), Suriname, Guyana, Brazil
120px]](Gallardo, 1965)}}Brazil(Bahia, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, and Piaui), Bolivia (Santa Cruz)
(Lehr, Pramuk & Lundberg, 2005)}}Peru (Pasco)
(Bokermann, 1967)}}Venezuela (Bolivar), Guyana
(Duellman & Toft, 1979)}}Laguna toadPeru
(Cochran & Goin, 1970)}}Colombian beaked toadColombia (Antioquia)
(Günther, 1858)}}Ocellated toadBrazil
120px]]Spix, 1824}}Brazil
Grant and Bolívar-Garcías, 2014}}Colombia (Chocó)
Ávila, Pansonato, and Strüssmann, 2010}}Paraguay
Ávila, Morais, Perez, Pansonato, Carvalho, Rojas, Gordo & Farias, 2020}}Brazil
Schmidt, 1857}}Peru
120px]](Tschudi, 1845)}}Gray toadEcuador, Peru and Bolivia
120px]](Spix, 1824)}}Beaked toadBrazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
(Myers & Carvalho, 1952)}}Rio Parahyba toadBrazil
(Gallardo, 1961)}}Incachaca toadBolivia
120px]](Melin, 1941)}}northern Peru, eastern Ecuador (Pastaza), Amazonian Colombia (Amazonas and Caquetá Departments), Brazil
(Noble, 1920)}}Mesopotamia beaked toadColombia (Antioquia)
120px]](Lutz, 1925)}}Brazil
(Guichenot, 1848)}}Rusty toadChile and Argentina
(Grant, 2000)}}Colombia (Antioquia)
(Carrizo, 1992)}}Salta toadBolivia
120px]](Caramaschi & de Niemeyer, 2003)}}Paraguay (Amambay and Concepción Departments), Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul)
(Mijares-Urrutia & Arends-R., 2001)}}Venezuela
Vaz-Silva, Maciel, Bastos, and Pombal, 2015}}Brazil
(Wiegmann, 1834)}}Warty toad; Huanuco toadArgentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru
(Lötters & Köhler, 2000)}}Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz and Santa Cruz)
120px]](Günther, 1858)}}Falcon toadColombia and Venezuela
(Padial, Reichle, McDiarmid, & De la Riva, 2006)}}Bolivia (La Paz)
(Lynch & Renjifo, 1990)}}Antioquia Beaked ToadColombia
(Ferrão, Souza, Colatreli, Hanken & Lima, 2022)}}Teotonio Falls Leaf-litter ToadBolivia, Brazil
(Lynch & Renjifo, 1990)}}Trueb´s Beaked ToadColombia
Rojas, Peña, Ávila, Carvalho, Perez, Farias, Gordo & Hrbek, 2022)}}Peru
(Leviton & Duellman, 1978)}}Alto Maranon toadPeru
(Schmidt, 1857)}}Veragua toadBolivia and southeastern Peru
(Brandão, Maciel, and Sebben, 2007)}}Brazil(Piauí and Bahia)
Lehr, Pramuk, Hedges, and Córdova, 2007}}Peru (Pasco)
120px]](Mordavec, Lehr, 2014)}}Peru (Yungas)

Source: Wikipedia, article Rhinella sp.. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 18/07/2026.





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Species photographs

Count: 11

Foto
Photography ID: 570440
  Juvenile

Saavedra
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/16/2024
Fernando Naifleisch
Foto
Photography ID: 565944
  Juvenile

Parque Nacional Calilegua
Jujuy
Argentina
10/26/2023
Sergio Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 556958
  Juvenile

Parque Nacional Calilegua
Jujuy
Argentina
10/26/2023
Eduardo Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 532109
  Juvenile

Palm Beach
Aruba
Aruba
03/12/2023
Carlos Schmidt
Foto
Photography ID: 413329
  Adult

Paraná
Entre Ríos
Argentina
07/03/2020
Néstor Trossero
Foto
Photography ID: 325520
  Juvenile

Yapeyú
Corrientes
Argentina
12/20/2017
Enzo Edgardo Ferreyra
Foto
Photography ID: 319950
  Juvenile

La Cumbre
Córdoba
Argentina
02/09/2019
Eduardo Nadal
Foto
Photography ID: 223804
  Juvenile

Playa Sauce de Portezuelo
Maldonado
Uruguay
11/17/2006
Ricardo A. Palonsky
Foto
Photography ID: 207796
  Adult

Ilha Grande
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
01/13/2017
Facundo Quintela


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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
197340516/01/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresClub de Pesca y Turismo de Saavedra, SaavedraFernando Naifleisch
195220426/10/2023ArgentinaJujuyParque Nacional CalileguaSergio Cusano
192234026/10/2023ArgentinaJujuyParque Nacional CalileguaEduardo Cusano
189358308/09/2023BoliviaDepartamento del BeniÁrea Protegida Municipal Pampas del Yacuma1Jorge La Grotteria
175092912/03/2023ArubaArubaSantuario de aves Bubali, Palm BeachCarlos Schmidt
154301716/12/2021ArgentinaLa RiojaReserva Natural Pampa de la Viuda AgustinaCarlos De Biagi
129530003/07/2020ArgentinaEntre RíosZona urbana, ParanáNéstor Trossero
89250609/02/2019ArgentinaCórdobaCamino a Cuchi Corral, La CumbreEduardo Nadal
90477220/12/2017ArgentinaCorrientesYapeyúEnzo Edgardo Ferreyra
116117513/01/2017BrazilRio de JaneiroIlha GrandeFacundo Quintela
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Rhinella sp. – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 14/09/2026.