- Chaunus arunco
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Chaunus arunco Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Bufonidae Genus: Chaunus Species: C. arunco Binomial name Chaunus arunco
(Molina, 1782)Synonyms Bufo chilensis Tschudi, 1838 Bufo arunco Schneider, 1799
Chaunus arunco is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family. It is endemic to Chile. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, water storage areas, ponds, aquaculture ponds, open excavations, and irrigated land. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- Veloso, A. & Núñez, H. 2004. Bufo arunco. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
- Frost, Darrel; Grant, Taran; Faivovich, JuliÁN; Bain, Raoul H.; Haas, Alexander; Haddad, CÉLIO F.B.; De SÁ, Rafael O.; Channing, Alan et al. (2006). "The Amphibian Tree of Life". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297: 364. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2006)297[0001:TATOL]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0003-0090.
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