Melanophryniscus moreirae

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Near Threatened

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Ecology: This diurnal species occurs in swamp areas along rivers with limpid and cold waters . It deposits its eggs in temporary puddles formed by the rain. It is not known whether or not it is able to adapt to habitat disturbance .[1].

List of Habitats:

•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.7     Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.4     Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps, Fens , Peatlands   
  
•     5.8     Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)   
[more info]

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Melanophryniscus moreirae (Miranda Ribeiro 1920)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009

A strangely disjunct population from Óbidos, Pará State, Brazil, was described as a subspecies by Cochran (1948). Bokermann (1967) doubted the correctness of this locality and assumed that the specimens came from Itatiaia.[1].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Melanophryniscus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:

M. moreirae (Maldonada Redbelly Toad)

More Info

• Search for Pictures: images.google.com
• Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
• Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
• Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books

Further Reading

• Amphibian Data. For additional documentation about utilization and CITES status, click on the Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) link above to see the GAA account for this species or alternatively follow this link to the search function on the Global Amphibian Assessment web site and run your own search.
• Bernardes, A.T. 1998. Melanophryniscus moreirae (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920). In: Machado, A.B.M., Fonseca, G.A.B. and Machado, R. (eds), Livro Vermelho das espcies ameaadas de extino da fauna de Minas Gerais, pp. 451-452. Fundao Biodiversitas, Belo Horizonte.
• Bokermann, W.C.A. 1967. Observações sobre Melanophryniscus moreirae (Mir.Rib.) (Amphibia-Brachycephalidae). Anais de Academia Brasileira de Ciências 39: 301-306.
• Bokermann, W.C.A. 1967. Observações sobre Melanophryniscus moreirae (Mir.Rib.) (Amphibia-Brachycephalidae). Anais de Academia Brasileira de Ciências 39: 301-306.
• Bokermann, W.C.A. 1967. Observaes sobre Melanophryniscus moreirae (Mir.Rib.) (Amphibia-Brachycephalidae). Anais de Academia Brasileira de Cincias: 301-306.
• Cochran, D.M. 1955. Frogs of southeastern Brazil. United States National Museum Bulletin: 1-423.
• Eterovick, P.C., Carnaval, A.C.O.Q., Borges-Nojosa, D.M., Silvano, D.L., Segalla, M.V. and Sazima, I. 2005. Amphibian declines in Brazil: an overview. Biotropica: 166-179.
• Frost, Darrel R. 1997. Amphibian Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition. New York, New York, U.S.A.
• Guix, J.C. et al. 1998. Natural history and conservation of bufonids in four Atlantic rainforest areas of Southeastern Brazil. Herpetological Natural History 1998:1-12.
• Guix, J.C., Montori, A., Llorente, G.A., Carretero, M.A. and Santos, X. 1998. Natural History and conservation of bufonids in four atlantic forest areas of Southeastern Brazil. Herpetological Natural History: 1-12.
• IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Débora Silvano, Ulisses Caramaschi, Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues 2004. Melanophryniscus moreirae. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 08, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• Silvano, D., Caramaschi, U. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Silvano, D., Caramaschi, U. and Rodrigues, M.T. 2004. Melanophryniscus moreirae. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 08, 2008:

• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Herpetology Collection - Amphibian Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 26576
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-207251
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 207251
• IUCN ID: 222475
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 12674

Footnotes

1. Débora Silvano, Ulisses Caramaschi, Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues 2004. Melanophryniscus moreirae. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]

©2004-2012 David Stang. All rights reserved.