Sapito De Colores

Taxobox
name = Sapito De Colores


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
familia = Bufonidae
genus = "Melanophryniscus"
species = "M. tumifrons"
binomial = "Melanophryniscus tumifrons"
binomial_authority = (Boulenger, 1905)
synonyms = Atelopus tumifrons Boulenger, 1905The Sapito De Colores ("Melanophryniscus tumifrons") is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family.It is endemic to Brazil.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, and heavily degraded former forest.It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* Garcia, P., Segalla, M.V., Lavilla, E & Baldo, D. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/54832/all Melanophryniscus tumifrons] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 21 July 2007.