Chaunus pygmaeus

Chaunus pygmaeus
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Bufonidae
Genus:	Chaunus
Species:	C. pygmaeus
Binomial name
Chaunus pygmaeus Myers & Carvalho, 1952
Synonyms
Bufo pygmaeus

Chaunus pygmaeus is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, rural gardens, urban areas, and ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

• Potsch de Carvalho-e-Silva, S. & Telles, A.M. 2004. Bufo pygmaeus. 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. 

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