#1976 · 🐸 amphibians

Cururu Toad

Rhinella diptycha

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

Rhinella diptycha , sometimes referred to as Cope's toad , Schneider's toad , cururu toad , or rococo toad , is a toad found in northern Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, eastern Bolivia, and eastern and southern Brazil. It is one of three rather similar species sometimes referred to as "cururu toads" in Brazil, the others being R. jimi and R. marina (cane toad). Like those, R. 8 in) in snout–to–vent length and males up...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,398iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
7,398 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Edward Drinker Cope in 1862 (164 years ago).