Rhinella fissipes explained

Rhinella fissipes, the Carabaya toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae that is found in Bolivia and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.

Status

Rhinella fissipes is considered not threatened given its large and vast distribution. Habitat loss has effected the distribution of Rhinella fissipes, but has not been evaluated as a threat.^[1]

Conservation

The Carabaya toad is found in a couple of National Parks to help further protection. Some of these parks include the Pilon Lajas Biosphere Reserve and Carrasco National Park.

References

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group . Rhinella fissipes . 2020 . 2020 . e.T182513521A61393698 .
• 10.1206/0003-0090(2006)297[0001:TATOL]2.0.CO;2 . D. R. . S. C. . C. J. . J. A. . B. L. . P. . R. C. . R. A. . J. D. . D. M. . W. C. . T. . J. N. . R. H. . A. . C. L. F. B. . R. O. . A. . M. . 2246/5781 . Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History . 0003-0090 . Frost . Donnellan . Raxworthy . Campbell . Blotto . Moler . Drewes . Nussbaum . Lynch . Green . Wheeler . The Amphibian Tree of Life . Grant . Faivovich . Bain . Haas . Haddad . De Sá . Channing . Wilkinson . 2006 . 297 . 1–291. 86140137 . free .

Notes and References

1. Book: Halliday, Tim . The Book of Frogs: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from around the World . University of Chicago Press . 2016 . 978-0-226-18479-1.