Melanophryniscus is a genus of toads in the family Bufonidae.[1][2] They are found in northern half of Argentina, southern Bolivia, southern Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Common name South American redbelly toads has been coined for them.[1]
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There are 31 recognized species:[1]
- Melanophryniscus admirabilis Di-Bernardo, Maneyro, and Grillo, 2006
- Melanophryniscus alipioi Langone, Segalla, Bornschein, and de Sá, 2008
- Melanophryniscus atroluteus (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920)
- Melanophryniscus biancae Bornschein, Baldo. Pie, Firkowski. Ribeiro, and Corrêa, 2015
- Melanophryniscus cambaraensis Braun and Braun, 1979
- Melanophryniscus cupreuscapularis Céspedez and Alvarez, 2000
- Melanophryniscus devincenzii Klappenbach, 1968
- Melanophryniscus diabolicus (Martinez Aguirre et al., 2021)
- Melanophryniscus dorsalis (Mertens, 1933)
- Melanophryniscus estebani Céspedez, 2008
- Melanophryniscus fulvoguttatus (Mertens, 1937)
- Melanophryniscus klappenbachi Prigioni and Langone, 2000
- Melanophryniscus krauczuki Baldo and Basso, 2004
- Melanophryniscus langonei Maneyro, Naya, and Baldo, 2008
- Melanophryniscus macrogranulosus Braun, 1973
- Melanophryniscus milanoi Baldo, Bornschein, Pie, Firkowski, Ribeiro, and Belmonte-Lopes, 2015
- Melanophryniscus montevidensis (Philippi, 1902)
- Melanophryniscus moreirae (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920)
- Melanophryniscus nigricans (Martinez Aguirre et al., 2021)
- Melanophryniscus pachyrhynus (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920)
- Melanophryniscus paraguayensis Céspedez and Motte, 2007
- Melanophryniscus peritus Caramaschi and Cruz, 2011
- Melanophryniscus rubriventris (Vellard, 1947)
- Melanophryniscus sanmartini Klappenbach, 1968
- Melanophryniscus setiba Peloso, Faivovich, Grant, Gasparini, and Haddad, 2012
- Melanophryniscus simplex Caramaschi and Cruz, 2002
- Melanophryniscus spectabilis Caramaschi and Cruz, 2002
- Melanophryniscus stelzneri (Weyenbergh, 1875)
- Melanophryniscus tumifrons (Boulenger, 1905)
- Melanophryniscus vilavelhensis Steinbach-Padilha, 2008
- Melanophryniscus xanthostomus Baldo, Bornschein, Pie, Ribeiro, Firkowski, and Morato, 2015
The AmphibiaWeb also recognizes Melanophryniscus orejasmirandai,[2] which the Amphibian Species of the World treats as synonym of Melanophryniscus pachyrhynus.[3]
Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Melanophryniscus Gallardo, 1961". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 25 January 2018. "Bufonidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
