Melanophryniscus biancae
Melanophryniscus biancae Bornschein, Baldo, Pie, Firkowski, Ribeiro & Corrêa, 2015
First described in: Bornschein, Marcos R., Carina R. Firkowski, Diego Baldo, Luiz F. Ribeiro, Ricardo Belmonte-Lopes, Leandro Correa, Sergio A. A. Morato & Marcio R. Pie. 2015. Three new species of phytotelm-breeding Melanophryniscus from the Atlantic Rainforest of southern Brazil (Anura: Bufonidae). Public Library of Science, ONE.
Melanophryniscus biancae is a species of toads in the family Bufonidae, first found in the Atlantic Forest 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-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. It was named in honor of Bianca Reinert due to her conservation efforts.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 8743396.