Melanophryniscus fulvoguttatus (Mertens 1937)

Diagnosis A medium sized species of the M. stelzneri group, diagnosed by the following characters: (1) snout-vent length 23.1-25.0mm in males, 26.3-28.0mm in females; (2) head broader than long; (3) skin on dorsal and lateral surfaces of body with corneous spines on shallow warts, and additional scattered spines directly on the skin of head and dorsal surfaces of members; (4) ground color of dorsum, loreal region, flanks, and venter dark brown; (5) dorsal surfaces with numerous, irregular pale yellow spots; (6) a series of pale yellow spots on the border of mandible; (7) ventral surfaces with numerous irregular pale yellow spots or blotches, with a remarkably large longitudinal blotch on thighs.

Inland South America, in Brazil, State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraguay and Province of Formosa, Argentina.

arbóreo, 8-12 mt.

perene

Fitosterol, lupeol (20)

semente

Morfología del adulto General aspect robust, bufonoid. Head broader than long; head width nearly 30% of snout-vent length; head lacking cranial crests; snout short, broad, slightly projecting beyond the anterior margin of mouth, rounded in dorsal and lateral views; canthus rostralis rounded; loreal region vertical, slightly concave; nostrils very small, situated at near tip of snout, directed anteriorly; internarinal distance approximately 87% of upper eyelid width, 64% of interorbital distance, and 90% of eye to nostril distance; upper eyelid width about 72% of interorbital distance; eye diameter 1.2 times internarinal distance, 1.1 times upper eyelid width distance, and approximately 80% of interorbital distance; tympanum concealed; vocal slits present in males; tongue much longer than wide, with posterior margin free, rounded; choanae small, rounded, largely separated. Arms slender, lacking ulnar folds; axillary membrane absent. Hand with fingers long, slender; length of fingers I

brasil central, cerrado

LC. Least Concern.

Melanophryniscus fulvoguttatus is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.