Amazophrynella minuta (Melin, 1941)
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
Amazophrynella minuta is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. However, because of the poor description of new Amazophrynella species, it is not clear which old records refer to this species and which records refer to the new species.
Amazophrynella minuta is a forest floor species found in old and second-growth tropical moist forest and premontane humid forest. Breeding takes place in semi-permanent and temporary waterbodies. It is threatened by habitat loss. These are small toads with a maximum snout–vent length of about 24 mm (0.94 in).
Wikipedia contributors, Amazophrynella minuta; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T15:04:45.264543+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Amazophrynella minuta (Melin, 1941)
- Name authority
- (Melin, 1941)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Bufonidae
- Genus
- Amazophrynella
- 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
- genusAmazophrynella Fouquet, Recoder, Teixeira, Cassimiro, Amaro, Camacho, Damasceno, Carnaval, Moritz et al., 2012
- speciesAmazophrynella minuta (Melin, 1941)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Amazophrynella. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Amazophrynella siona Rojas-Zamora, Fouquet, Ron, Hernández-Ruz, Melo-Sampaio, Chaparro, Vogt, Carvalho et al., 2018 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amazophrynella manaos Rojas, Carvalho, Ávila, Farias & Hrbek, 2014 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amazophrynella matses Rojas, Carvalho, Ávila, Farias, Gordo & Hrbek, 2015 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amazophrynella vote Ávila, Carvalho, Gordo, Kawashita-Ribeiro & Morais, 2012 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amazophrynella gardai Mângia, Koroiva & Santana, 2020 | 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 |
|---|---|
| Dendrophryniscus minutus (Melin, 1941) (Melin, 1941) | synonym |
| Atelopus minutus Melin, 1941 Melin, 1941 | synonym |
| Amazonella minutus (Melin, 1941) (Melin, 1941) | 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=1103341 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:CKM8. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.