Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae, Rhinella pygmaea: distribution extension and geographic distribution map

Rhinella pygmaea (Myers and Carvalho, 1952) is a small Bufonidae in comparison with other congener species. On the original description, type locality was designated as Sao Joao da Barra, at the mouth of Paraiba do Sul river (right bank), northern coast of state of Rio de Janeiro. Its occurrence was also reported from Restinga de Marambaia, southern coast of the state (Myers and Carvalho 1952). In other studies, R. pygmaea was considered an endemic species to the restinga, and registered from the localities of Jurubatiba, Grussai, Marambaia, Marica, and Arraial do Cabo to Sao Joao da Barra, all along the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro (Carvalho-e-Silva and Carvalho-eSilva 1994; Carvalho-e-Silva et al. 2000; Isecksohn and Carvalho-e-Silva 2001; Rocha et al. 2003; Rocha et al. 2005; Rocha et al. 2008). However, recently this species was registered from municipality of Mimoso do Sul, state of Espirito Santo, in the Atlantic Forest biome (Silva et al. 2007).