Rhinella icterica (Spix, 1824)
Bufo bimaculatus Wied-Neuwied, 1821, Reise Brasil. Jahr. 1815-1817, 1: 52. Type(s): Not stated; originally in Wied collection but now presumably lost: Type locality: "Serra de Inuá", Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; given as "Serra de Inoã, Inoã, município de Maricá, Rio de Janeiro", Brazil, by Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 18, who suggested this as a senior synonym of Bufo ictericus. A nomen oblitum.
Bufo fuliginosus Wied-Neuwied, 1821, Reise Brasil. Jahr. 1815-1817, 1: 52. Type(s): Not designated, presumably now lost. Type locality: "Serra de Inua, bei Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro", Brazil. Given as "Serra de Inoã, Inoã, município de Marica, Rio de Janeiro", Brazil, by Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 20. Redescribed in Wied-Neuwied, 1824, Isis von Oken, 14: 672, and Wied-Neuwied, 1825, Beitr. Naturgesch. Brasil., 1: 558. Synonymy with Bufo ictericus by Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 20. A nomen oblitum.
Bufo ictericus Spix, 1824, Animal. Nova Spec. Nov. Test. Ran. Brasil.: 44. Syntypes: Including RMNH 2182, the other in ZSM is lost; RMNH 2182 designated lectotype by Hoogmoed and Gruber, 1983, Spixiana, München, Suppl., 9: 372. Type locality: "Provinciae Rio de Janeiro", Brazil.
Docidophryne icterica — Fitzinger, 1861 "1860", Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Phys. Math. Naturwiss. Kl., 42: 415.
Bufo missionum Berg, 1896, An. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires, 5: 195. Holotype: Collection of deposition not stated, although originally in the collection of the Universidad de Buenos Aires according to Gallardo, 1961, Neotropica, 7: 33-38. MACN 3558 considered holotype by Faivovich and Carrizo, 1997, Cuad. Herpetol., 11: 81. Type locality: "Territorio de Misiones", Argentina. Synonymy with Bufo rufus by Gallardo, 1961, Neotropica, 7: 34. Synonymy with Bufo ictericus by Faivovich and Carrizo, 1997, Cuad. Herpetol., 11: 81.
Bufo marinus ictericus — Müller, 1927, Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges., 40: 261.
Bufo ictericus — Vellard, 1948, Acta Zool. Lilloana, 5: 147. Schmidt and Inger, 1951, Fieldiana, Zool., 31: 444; Cei, Erspamer, and Roseghini, 1968, Syst. Zool., 17: 239; Cei, 1980, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Monogr., 2: 182.
Bufo ictericus mertensi Cochran, 1950, J. Washington Acad. Sci., 40: 238. Holotype: USNM 105244, by original designation. Type locality: "Nova Teutonia, Itá, Santa Catharina", Brazil.
Bufo ictericus ictericus — Cochran, 1950, J. Washington Acad. Sci., 40: 238.
Chaunus ictericus — 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. Savage and Bolaños, 2009, Zootaxa, 2005: 4. By implication.
Rhinella icterica — Chaparro, Pramuk, and Gluesenkamp, 2007, Herpetologica, 63: 211. by implication.
English Names
Yellow Cururu Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 42).
Distribution
Southern Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul north to Bahia, Minas Gerais, and Goiás); eastern Paraguay and Misiones, Argentina.
Comment
In the Bufo marinus group of Martin, 1972, in Blair (ed.), Evol. Genus Bufo: 57. Long considered a synonym of Bufo marinus but Müller, 1927, Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges., 40: 261, showed consistent differences between the two taxa. For accounts and discussion see Müller, 1969, Aquar. Terrar. Z., 22: 340-342, Cei, 1980, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Monogr., 2: 182-185, Cochran, 1955 "1954", Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 206: 26-29, and Heyer, Rand, Cruz, Peixoto, and Nelson, 1990, Arq. Zool., São Paulo, 31: 247-249. Slade and Moritz, 1998, Proc. R. Soc. London, Ser. B, Biol. Sci., 265: 769-777, reported on phylogeography within the species. Izecksohn and Carvalho-e-Silva, 2001, Anf. Municipio Rio de Janeiro: 29, provided a brief account and photo. Kwet, Di-Bernardo, and Maneyro, 2006, Iheringia, Zool., 96: 479-485, provided a key to distinguish this species from other members of the Rhinella marina group. Brusquetti and Lavilla, 2006, Cuad. Herpetol., 20: 18, briefly discussed the range in Paraguay. Maneyro and Kwet, 2008, Stuttgart. Beit. Naturkd., Ser. A, Neue Ser., 1: 95-121, provided brief discussion of taxonomic, geographic, and conservation status as well as what is know of natural history. Vallinoto, Sequeira, Sodré, Bernardi, Sampaio, and Schneider, 2010, Zool. Scripta, 39: 128-140, and Maciel, Garcia, Colli, and Schwartz, 2010, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 57: 787-797, reported on the molecular phylogenetics of the Rhinella marina group, including this species. Cruz, Feio, and Caramaschi, 2009, Anf. Ibitipoca: 60-61, provided photographs and a brief account for Parque Estadual do Ibitipoca, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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