The smooth-sided toad or spotted toad (Rhaebo guttatus), formerly known as Bufo guttatus, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found in the Amazonian Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela, as well as the Guianas (French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname). Specimens from southern Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil might represent Rhaebo ecuadorensis described in 2012.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Rhaebo |
| Species: | R. guttatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhaebo guttatus (Schneider, 1799)
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Description
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Males growth to about 15 cm (5.9 in) snout–vent length.[4][5] Females are larger, at up to 17.4 cm (6.9 in),[3][4] possibly even 25 cm (10 in), in snout–vent length.[5] The dorsal color is cream colored or very light brown to reddish brown. The belly is a darker shade. The species has a characteristically prominent preocular ridge that is present even in juveniles.[4]
The smooth sided toad secretes a toxin from a gland behind their eyes known as a bufotoxin, it has been known to cause heart failure in humans if ingested. This toxin is the toad's main line of defense against predators.[6]
Habitat and conservation
editIts natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests, in particular mature gallery forests. It occurs on the ground or in deep leaf-litter on the forest floor. It is locally threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Claudia Azevedo-Ramos, Enrique La Marca, Marinus Hoogmoed, Steffen Reichle (2010). "Rhaebo guttatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T54658A11183165. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T54658A11183165.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Rhaebo guttatus (Schneider, 1799)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ a b Coloma, L. A.; Mueses-Cisneros J. J. "Rhaebo guttatus". Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ a b c Mueses-Cisneros, J. J.; D. F. Cisneros-Heredia & R. W. McDiarmid (2012). "A new Amazonian species of Rhaebo (Anura: Bufonidae) with comments on Rhaebo glaberrimus (Gunther, 1869) and Rhaebo guttatus (Schneider, 1799)". Zootaxa. 3447: 22–40. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3447.1.2. hdl:10088/21442.
- ^ a b "Smooth-Sided Toad". Animal Fact Sheets. Woodland Park Zoo. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ "Smooth sided toad (Rhaebo guttatus)". Frogs.cc. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
