First record of Rhinella achavali (Maneyro, Arrieta &amp; de Sá, 2004) in the state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil (Anura: Bufonidae)

Erica Saito; Tobias Kunz; André Ambrozio-Assis

doi:10.15560/12.3.1887

Check List 12(3): e19489, doi: 10.15560/12.3.1887

First record of Rhinella achavali (Maneyro, Arrieta & de Sá, 2004) in the state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil (Anura: Bufonidae)

Erica Naomi Saito^‡, Tobias Saraiva Kunz^§, André Ambrozio-Assis^§

‡ Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil§ Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil

Corresponding author: Erica Saito ( ensaito@gmail.com )

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Citation: Saito E, Kunz T, Ambrozio-Assis A (2016) First record of Rhinella achavali (Maneyro, Arrieta & de Sá, 2004) in the state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil (Anura: Bufonidae). Check List 12(3): 1887. https://doi.org/10.15560/12.3.1887

Abstract

Rhinella achavali is a large toad associated with lotic environments in Uruguay and Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. Herein, we provide the first record of the species in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, extending its range approximately 200 km north from the previous records.

Keywords

Amphibia; Araucaria Plateau; range extension; new record