ANIMALS – AMPHIBIANS – FROGS – ROCOCO TOAD (RHINELLA SCHNEIDERI)

Animals - Amphibians - Frogs

Rococo toad (Rhinella schneideri)

Scientific Classification:

Kingdom : Animalia
Phylum : Chordata
Class : Amphibia
Order : Anura
Family :Bufonidae
Genus : Rhinella
Species : R. Schneideri

Description:

The Rococo Toad(Rhinella schneideri), sometimes referred to as Schneider's Toad, is a large toad native to the South America countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. It is frequently mistaken for the Cane Toad, and gets nearly as large. The easiest way to distinguish the two species, is that R. schneideri has poison glands on its back legs, as well as on either side of its head, as other toads.

Binomial Name:

Name : Rhinella schneideri
Taxonomist : Franz Werner (Vienna - Austria)
Year : 1894
Subspecies : None or not data available
Synonyms : Chaunus schneideri, Bufo paracnemis, Bufo schneideri

Conservation Status by IUCN:

Status :Least Concern

Has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as evaluated but not qualified for any other category. As such they do not qualify as threatened, near threatened, or (prior to 2001) conservation dependent.

Philatelic Issues

2015 - Uruguay - Stamp 4 of 4, from Spring Series

Issue information:

Country: Uruguay
Date: August 31st, 2012
Printed: 15.000 Copies
Type: Stamp from Series of 4 Stamps
Value: UYP 12

Stamp: Rectangular
Size: 39 mm. x 27 mm.
Perforation: Circular
Gum: Water Activated