Bufo Pombali
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

''Rhinella pombali'' is a
hybrid Hybrid may refer to: Science * Hybrid (biology), an offspring resulting from cross-breeding ** Hybrid grape, grape varieties produced by cross-breeding two ''Vitis'' species ** Hybridity, the property of a hybrid plant which is a union of two dif ...
species of toad from south-eastern Brazil, named after José Perez Pombal Jr., a Brazilian herpetologist. It was originally described in 2004 as a distinct species, but a genetic study published in 2012 found it to be a hybrid of ''
Rhinella ornata ''Rhinella ornata'' is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae that is found in Brazil and possibly Argentina. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, and intermittent freshwater lakes. It is threatened b ...
'' and ''
Rhinella crucifer ''Rhinella crucifer'' is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It endemic to Brazil and known from the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil between the states of Ceará in the north and Rio de Janeiro in the south. Common name striped toad ha ...
''; it is also morphologically intermediate between these species. It is therefore no longer considered a valid species, although it is still present in some listings.


References

pombali Amphibians described in 2004 Interspecific hybrids Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{bufonidae-stub