''Melanophryniscus milanoi'' is a species of
toads in the family
Bufonidae, first found in the
Atlantic Forest
The Atlantic Forest ( pt, Mata Atlântica) is a South American forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the northeast to Rio Grande do Sul state in the south and inland as far as Paraguay and th ...
in
Santa Catarina, Brazil. It is found at intermediate-high altitudes and has a phytotelm-breeding reproductive strategy. It is distinguished from its cogenerate species based on differences in
snout
A snout is the protruding portion of an animal's face, consisting of its nose, mouth, and jaw. In many animals, the structure is called a muzzle, rostrum, or proboscis. The wet furless surface around the nostrils of the nose of many mammals is c ...
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vent length; having white and/or yellow spots on its
forearms, mouth, belly and cloaca; the pattern and arrangement of
warts; and the presence and number of
corneous spines. It might be
threatened by
habitat loss.
References
milanoi
Amphibians described in 2015
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