Argentine Toad (Rhinella arenarum): facts, sounds & photos

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Argentine Toad (Rhinella arenarum) lives in dry temperate ponds across Southern South America. It feeds on unspecified diet. Its conservation status is Least Concern.

Fascinating facts about the Argentine Toad

From the windswept steppes of southern Brazil to the high plains of Chubut Province, this toad spans five South-American nations, proving that a modest amphibian can thrive across a continent’s varied climate zones.
In the dry, open landscapes, it chooses tiny, stagnant ponds and bogs as its habitats.
Although schoolchildren and researchers often collect it for study, the species remains locally common.
Fossils of this toad have been found from late-Pliocene layers up through the Holocene in central Argentina.

At a glance

RangeSouthern South America

Habitatdry temperate ponds

Dietunspecified diet

About the Argentine Toad

Rhinella arenarum is found in southern Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina north of Chubut Province, and Bolivia east of the Andes; it inhabits small ponds or bogs with stagnant water in dry, temperate habitats, is locally common, and fossils confirm its presence from the late Pliocene to the Holocene in central Argentina.

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