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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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Melanophryniscus |
| Species: | M. tumifrons
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| Binomial name | |
| Melanophryniscus tumifrons (Boulenger, 1905)
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| Synonyms | |
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Atelopus tumifrons Boulenger, 1905 | |
References
edit- ^ Paulo Garcia, Magno Vicente Segalla, Esteban Lavilla, Diego Baldo (2004). "Melanophryniscus tumifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T54832A11212648. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T54832A11212648.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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