Melanophryniscus tumifrons

Melanophryniscus tumifrons
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Melanophryniscus
Species: M. tumifrons
Binomial name
Melanophryniscus tumifrons
(Boulenger, 1905)
Synonyms

Atelopus tumifrons Boulenger, 1905

Melanophryniscus tumifrons is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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