Rhinella arenarum (Hensel, 1867)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Rhinella arenarum is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae that is found in southern Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina (Chubut Province northward) and Bolivia (east of the Andes). Rhinella arenarum inhabits small ponds or bogs with stagnant water, in dry, temperate habitats, mostly in open areas. It is locally common. While it is collected for educational and scientific uses and also suffers from road kills, it in general is not threatened. Fossils representing this species are known with certainty from the late Pliocene to the Holocene of central Argentina.
Wikipedia contributors, Rhinella arenarum; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T18:49:00.593837+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Rhinella arenarum (Hensel, 1867)
- Name authority
- (Hensel, 1867)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Bufonidae
- Genus
- Rhinella
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyBufonidae Gray, 1825
- genusRhinella Fitzinger, 1826
- speciesRhinella arenarum (Hensel, 1867)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Rhinella. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Rhinella alata (Thominot, 1884) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhinella arunco (Molina, 1782) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhinella azarai (Gallardo, 1965) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhinella beebei (Gallardo, 1965) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhinella centralis Narvaes & Rodrigues, 2009 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhinella cerradensis Maciel, Brandão, Campos & Sebben, 2007 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhinella chavin (Lehr, Köhler, Aguilar & Ponce, 2001) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhinella diptycha (Cope, 1862) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhinella dorbignyi (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhinella festae (Peracca, 1904) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhinella fissipes (Boulenger, 1903) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhinella gnustae (Gallardo, 1967) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Phryniscus connectens Philippi, 1902 Philippi, 1902 | synonym |
| Bufo arenarum mendocinus Philippi, 1869 Philippi, 1869 | synonym |
| Bufo mendocinus Philippi, 1869 Philippi, 1869 | synonym |
| Bufo arenarum chaguar Gallardo, 1965 Gallardo, 1965 | synonym |
| Bufo arenarum platensis Jiménez de la Espada, 1875 Jiménez de la Espada, 1875 | synonym |
| Bufo marinus platensis Jiménez de la Espada, 1875 Jiménez de la Espada, 1875 | synonym |
| Bufo arenarius Hensel, 1867 Hensel, 1867 | synonym |
| Bufo arenarum Hensel, 1867 Hensel, 1867 | synonym |
| Chaunus arenarum (Hensel, 1867) (Hensel, 1867) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=773692 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4S7MB. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.