Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Bufo gnustae Gallardo, 1967, Neotropica, 13: 54. Holotype: MACN 4775, by original designation. Type locality: "Rio Grande, Provincia de Jujuy, Argentina".

Chaunus gnustae — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 364.

Rhinella gnustae — Chaparro, Pramuk, and Gluesenkamp, 2007, Herpetologica, 63: 211. by implication.

English Names

Rio Grande Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 41).

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Rio Grande, Jujuy, Argentina).

Comment

Of uncertain validity according to Cei, 1972, in Blair (ed.), Evol. Genus Bufo: 89. Recognized as a poorly known species by Cei, 1980, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Monogr., 2: 203-204, and belonging to the Bufo veraguensis (formerly Bufo ockendeni) group. Rejected as a member of the Bufo veraguensis group by Duellman and Schulte, 1992, Copeia, 1992: 162-172. See account by Carrizo, 1992, Cuad. Herpetol., 7: 14-23. De la Riva, Köhler, Lötters, and Reichle, 2000, Rev. Esp. Herpetol., 14: 58, and Köhler, 2000, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 48: 69, thought this species possibly to occur in Bolivia. Not recollected since the types according to Lavilla and Cei, 2001, Monogr. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino, 28: 25.

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