Names with citations in year 1978

Class: Amphibia
- Order: Anura
  - Family: Allophrynidae Savage, 1973
    - Synonym: Allophrynidae Goin, Goin, and Zug, 1978
  - Family: Alsodidae
    - Genus: Alsodes
      - Species: Alsodes laevis (Philippi, 1902)
        
        Synonym: Alsodes laevis — Lynch, 1978
    - Genus: Eupsophus
      - Species: Eupsophus migueli Formas, 1978
  - Family: Aromobatidae
    - Subfamily: Allobatinae
      - Genus: Allobates
        
        Species: Allobates femoralis (Boulenger, 1884)
        
        Synonym: Dendrobates femoralis — Myers, Daly, and Malkin, 1978
        
        Species: Allobates zaparo (Silverstone, 1976)
        
        Synonym: Dendrobates zaparo — Myers, Daly, and Malkin, 1978
    - Subfamily: Aromobatinae
      - Genus: Aromobates
        
        Species: Aromobates haydeeae (Rivero, 1978)
        
        Synonym: Colostethus haydeeae Rivero, 1978
        
        Species: Aromobates leopardalis (Rivero, 1978)
        
        Synonym: Colostethus leopardalis Rivero, 1978
        
        Species: Aromobates orostoma (Rivero, 1978)
        
        Synonym: Colostethus orostoma Rivero, 1978
  - Family: Arthroleptidae
    - Subfamily: Astylosterninae
      - Genus: Astylosternus
        
        Species: Astylosternus fallax Amiet, 1978
        
        Species: Astylosternus laurenti Amiet, 1978
        
        Species: Astylosternus montanus Amiet, 1978
        
        Species: Astylosternus nganhanus Amiet, 1978
        
        Species: Astylosternus perreti Amiet, 1978
        
        Species: Astylosternus ranoides Amiet, 1978
        
        Species: Astylosternus rheophilus Amiet, 1978
        
        Synonym: Astylosternus rheophilus rheophilus Amiet, 1978
        
        Synonym: Astylosternus rheophilus tchabalensis Amiet, 1978
        
        Species: Astylosternus schioetzi Amiet, 1978
  - Family: Batrachylidae
    - Genus: Atelognathus Lynch, 1978
      - Species: Atelognathus nitoi (Barrio, 1973)
        
        Synonym: Atelognathus nitoi — Lynch, 1978
      - Species: Atelognathus patagonicus (Gallardo, 1962)
        
        Synonym: Atelognathus patagonicus — Lynch, 1978
      - Species: Atelognathus praebasalticus (Cei and Roig, 1968)
        
        Synonym: Atelognathus praebasalticus — Lynch, 1978
      - Species: Atelognathus reverberii (Cei, 1969)
        
        Synonym: Atelognathus reverberii — Lynch, 1978
      - Species: Atelognathus solitarius (Cei, 1970)
        
        Synonym: Atelognathus solitarius — Lynch, 1978
    - Genus: Chaltenobatrachus
      - Species: Chaltenobatrachus grandisonae (Lynch, 1975)
        
        Synonym: Atelognathus grandisonae — Lynch, 1978
  - Family: Bombinatoridae
    - Genus: Barbourula
      - Species: Barbourula kalimantanensis Iskandar, 1978
    - Genus: Bombina
      - Species: Bombina maxima (Boulenger, 1905)
        
        Synonym: Bombina fortinuptialis Hu and Wu, 1978
  - Family: Brachycephalidae
    - Genus: Ischnocnema
      - Species: Ischnocnema juipoca (Sazima and Cardoso, 1978)
        
        Synonym: Eleutherodactylus juipoca Sazima and Cardoso, 1978
  - Family: Bufonidae
    - Genus: Altiphrynoides
      - Species: Altiphrynoides malcolmi (Grandison, 1978)
        
        Synonym: Nectophrynoides malcolmi Grandison, 1978
      - Species: Altiphrynoides osgoodi (Loveridge, 1932)
        
        Synonym: Nectophrynoides osgoodi — Grandison, 1978
    - Genus: Amietophrynus
      - Species: Amietophrynus langanoensis (Largen, Tandy, and Tandy, 1978)
        
        Synonym: Bufo langanoensis Largen, Tandy, and Tandy, 1978
    - Genus: Atelopus
      - Species: Atelopus carauta Ruiz-Carranza and Hernández-Camacho, 1978
    - Genus: Bufotes
      - Species: Bufotes latastii (Boulenger, 1882)
        
        Synonym: Bufo latastii latastii — Hemmer, Schmidtler, and Böhme, 1978
      - Species: Bufotes oblongus (Nikolskii, 1896)
        
        Synonym: Bufo danatensis Pisanets, 1978
        
        Synonym: Bufo latastii oblongus — Hemmer, Schmidtler, and Böhme, 1978
      - Species: Bufotes pseudoraddei (Mertens, 1971)
        
        Synonym: Bufo latastii pseudoraddei — Hemmer, Schmidtler, and Böhme, 1978
      - Species: Bufotes turanensis (Hemmer, Schmidtler, and Böhme, 1978)
        
        Synonym: Bufo viridis turanensis Hemmer, Schmidtler, and Böhme, 1978
      - Species: Bufotes zugmayeri (Eiselt and Schmidtler, 1973)
        
        Synonym: Bufo latastii zugmayeri — Hemmer, Schmidtler, and Böhme, 1978
    - Genus: Rhinella
      - Species: Rhinella iserni (Jiménez de la Espada, 1875)
        
        Synonym: Bufo iserni — Savage, 1978
      - Species: Rhinella vellardi (Leviton and Duellman, 1978)
        
        Synonym: Bufo limensis vellardi — Leviton and Duellman, 1978
        
        Synonym: Bufo vellardi Leviton and Duellman, 1978
  - Family: Calyptocephalellidae Reig, 1960
    - Synonym: Calyptocephalellini — Lynch, 1978
  - Family: Craugastoridae
    - Subfamily: Pristimantinae
      - Genus: Phrynopus
        
        Species: Phrynopus juninensis (Shreve, 1938)
        
        Synonym: Telmatobius juninensis — Lynch, 1978
      - Genus: Pristimantis
        
        Species: Pristimantis cosnipatae (Duellman, 1978)
        
        Synonym: Eleutherodactylus cosnipatae Duellman, 1978
        
        Species: Pristimantis danae (Duellman, 1978)
        
        Synonym: Eleutherodactylus danae Duellman, 1978
        
        Species: Pristimantis imitatrix (Duellman, 1978)
        
        Synonym: Eleutherodactylus imitatrix Duellman, 1978
        
        Species: Pristimantis lindae (Duellman, 1978)
        
        Synonym: Eleutherodactylus lindae Duellman, 1978
        
        Species: Pristimantis mendax (Duellman, 1978)
        
        Synonym: Eleutherodactylus mendax Duellman, 1978
        
        Species: Pristimantis pharangobates (Duellman, 1978)
        
        Synonym: Eleutherodactylus pharangobates Duellman, 1978
        
        Species: Pristimantis prolixodiscus (Lynch, 1978)
        
        Synonym: Eleutherodactylus prolixodiscus Lynch, 1978
        
        Species: Pristimantis rhabdolaemus (Duellman, 1978)
        
        Synonym: Eleutherodactylus rhabdolaemus Duellman, 1978
        
        Species: Pristimantis salaputium (Duellman, 1978)
        
        Synonym: Eleutherodactylus salaputium Duellman, 1978
        
        Species: Pristimantis scitulus (Duellman, 1978)
        
        Synonym: Eleutherodactylus scitulus Duellman, 1978
        
        Species: Pristimantis toftae (Duellman, 1978)
        
        Synonym: Eleutherodactylus toftae Duellman, 1978
  - Family: Dendrobatidae
    - Subfamily: Colostethinae
      - Genus: Ameerega
        
        Species: Ameerega bassleri (Melin, 1941)
        
        Synonym: Dendrobates bassleri — Myers, Daly, and Malkin, 1978
        
        Species: Ameerega boliviana (Boulenger, 1902)
        
        Synonym: Dendrobates bolivianus — Myers, Daly, and Malkin, 1978
        
        Species: Ameerega ingeri (Cochran and Goin, 1970)
        
        Synonym: Dendrobates ingeri — Myers, Daly, and Malkin, 1978
        
        Species: Ameerega parvula (Boulenger, 1882)
        
        Synonym: Dendrobates parvulus — Myers, Daly, and Malkin, 1978
        
        Species: Ameerega petersi (Silverstone, 1976)
        
        Synonym: Dendrobates petersi — Myers, Daly, and Malkin, 1978
        
        Species: Ameerega picta (Bibron, 1838)
        
        Synonym: Dendrobates pictus — Myers, Daly, and Malkin, 1978
        
        Species: Ameerega pulchripecta (Silverstone, 1976)
        
        Synonym: Dendrobates pulchripectus — Myers, Daly, and Malkin, 1978
        
        Species: Ameerega smaragdina (Silverstone, 1976)
        
        Synonym: Dendrobates smaragdinus — Myers, Daly, and Malkin, 1978
      - Genus: Epipedobates
        
        Species: Epipedobates anthonyi (Noble, 1921)
        
        Synonym: Dendrobates anthonyi — Myers, Daly, and Malkin, 1978
        
        Species: Epipedobates boulengeri (Barbour, 1909)
        
        Synonym: Dendrobates boulengeri — Myers, Daly, and Malkin, 1978
        
        Species: Epipedobates espinosai (Funkhouser, 1956)
        
        Synonym: Dendrobates espinosai — Myers, Daly, and Malkin, 1978
        
        Species: Epipedobates tricolor (Boulenger, 1899)
        
        Synonym: Dendrobates tricolor — Myers, Daly, and Malkin, 1978
    - Subfamily: Dendrobatinae
      - Genus: Phyllobates
        
        Species: Phyllobates terribilis Myers, Daly, and Malkin, 1978
  - Family: Dicroglossidae
    - Subfamily: Dicroglossinae
      - Genus: Limnonectes
        
        Species: Limnonectes ingeri (Kiew, 1978)
        
        Synonym: Rana ingeri Kiew, 1978
  - Family: Hemiphractidae
    - Genus: Gastrotheca
      - Species: Gastrotheca galeata Trueb and Duellman, 1978
      - Species: Gastrotheca marsupiata (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
        
        Synonym: Eleutherodactylus andicola — Heyer, 1978
  - Family: Hylidae Rafinesque, 1815
    - Synonym: Pelodryadinae — Dowling and Duellman, 1978
    - Subfamily: Hylinae
      - Genus: Hyloscirtus
        
        Species: Hyloscirtus lindae (Duellman and Altig, 1978)
        
        Synonym: Hyla lindae Duellman and Altig, 1978
        
        Species: Hyloscirtus torrenticola (Duellman and Altig, 1978)
        
        Synonym: Hyla torrenticola Duellman and Altig, 1978
    - Subfamily: Pelodryadinae Günther, 1858
      - Synonym: Pelodryadinae — Dowling and Duellman, 1978
      - Genus: Litoria
        
        Species: Litoria dahlii (Boulenger, 1896)
        
        Synonym: Litoria dahlii — Tyler, Davies, and King, 1978
        
        Species: Litoria impura (Peters and Doria, 1878)
        
        Synonym: Litoria impura — Tyler and Davies, 1978
        
        Species: Litoria personata Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1978
        
        Species: Litoria rheocola Liem, 1974
        
        Synonym: Litoria rheocola — Tyler and Davies, 1978
    - Subfamily: Phyllomedusinae
      - Genus: Phasmahyla
        
        Species: Phasmahyla jandaia (Bokermann and Sazima, 1978)
        
        Synonym: Phyllomedusa jandaia Bokermann and Sazima, 1978
  - Family: Hyperoliidae
    - Genus: Heterixalus
      - Species: Heterixalus alboguttatus (Boulenger, 1882)
        
        Synonym: Heterixalus alboguttatus — Guibé, 1978
  - Family: Leptodactylidae
    - Subfamily: Leiuperinae
      - Genus: Pleurodema Tschudi, 1838
        
        Synonym: Somuncuria Lynch, 1978
        
        Species: Pleurodema somuncurense (Cei, 1969)
        
        Synonym: Somuncuria somuncurensis — Lynch, 1978
    - Subfamily: Leptodactylinae
      - Genus: Leptodactylus
        
        Species: Leptodactylus camaquara Sazima and Bokermann, 1978
        
        Species: Leptodactylus cunicularius Sazima and Bokermann, 1978
        
        Species: Leptodactylus elenae Heyer, 1978
        
        Species: Leptodactylus furnarius Sazima and Bokermann, 1978
        
        Synonym: Leptodactylus laurae Heyer, 1978
        
        Species: Leptodactylus jolyi Sazima and Bokermann, 1978
        
        Species: Leptodactylus mystaceus (Spix, 1824)
        
        Synonym: Leptodactylus amazonicus Heyer, 1978
        
        Species: Leptodactylus notoaktites Heyer, 1978
        
        Species: Leptodactylus tapiti Sazima and Bokermann, 1978
  - Family: Limnodynastidae
    - Genus: Neobatrachus
      - Species: Neobatrachus pictus Peters, 1863
        
        Synonym: Neobatrachus pictus — Roberts, 1978
      - Species: Neobatrachus sudelli (Lamb, 1911)
        
        Synonym: Neobatrachus sudelli — Roberts, 1978
  - Family: Mantellidae
    - Subfamily: Boophinae
      - Genus: Boophis
        
        Species: Boophis erythrodactylus (Guibé, 1953)
        
        Synonym: Boophis erythrodactylus — Blommers-Schlösser, 1978
        
        Species: Boophis guibei (McCarthy, 1978)
        
        Synonym: Rhacophorus guibei McCarthy, 1978
        
        Species: Boophis laurenti Guibé, 1947
        
        Synonym: Rhacophorus andringitraensis — Guibé, 1978
        
        Species: Boophis microtympanum (Boettger, 1881)
        
        Synonym: Boophis boettgeri — Blommers-Schlösser, 1978
        
        Species: Boophis williamsi (Guibé, 1974)
        
        Synonym: Boophis williamsi — Blommers-Schlösser, 1978
    - Subfamily: Mantellinae
      - Genus: Gephyromantis
        
        Species: Gephyromantis ventrimaculatus (Angel, 1935)
        
        Synonym: Trachymantis ventrimaculata — Guibé, 1978
        
        Species: Gephyromantis webbi (Grandison, 1953)
        
        Synonym: Gephyromantis webbi — Guibé, 1978
      - Genus: Guibemantis
        
        Species: Guibemantis tornieri (Ahl, 1928)
        
        Synonym: Mantidactylus tornieri — Blommers-Schlösser, 1978
      - Genus: Mantella
        
        Species: Mantella nigricans Guibé, 1978
        
        Synonym: Mantella cowani nigricans Guibé, 1978
      - Genus: Mantidactylus
        
        Species: Mantidactylus tricinctus (Guibé, 1947)
        
        Synonym: Mantidactylus tricinctus — Guibé, 1978
      - Genus: Spinomantis
        
        Species: Spinomantis elegans (Guibé, 1974)
        
        Synonym: Mantidactylus elegans — Guibé, 1978
        
        Species: Spinomantis peraccae (Boulenger, 1896)
        
        Synonym: Mantidactylus peraccae — Blommers-Schlösser, 1978
  - Family: Megophryidae
    - Genus: Leptobrachium
      - Species: Leptobrachium liui (Pope, 1947)
        
        Synonym: Vibrissaphora yaoshanensis Liu and Hu, 1978
    - Genus: Scutiger
      - Species: Scutiger nyingchiensis Fei, 1977
        
        Synonym: Scutiger occidentalis Dubois, 1978
      - Species: Scutiger pingwuensis Liu and Tian, 1978
  - Family: Micrixalidae
    - Genus: Micrixalus
      - Species: Micrixalus nudis Pillai, 1978
  - Family: Microhylidae
    - Subfamily: Cophylinae
      - Genus: Platypelis
        
        Species: Platypelis alticola (Guibé, 1974)
        
        Synonym: Platypelis alticola — Guibé, 1978
        
        Species: Platypelis grandis (Boulenger, 1889)
        
        Synonym: Platypelis grandis — Guibé, 1978
    - Subfamily: Dyscophinae
      - Genus: Dyscophus Grandidier, 1872
        
        Synonym: Discophus — Guibé, 1978
        
        Species: Dyscophus antongilii Grandidier, 1877
        
        Synonym: Discophus antongili — Guibé, 1978
        
        Species: Dyscophus guineti (Grandidier, 1875)
        
        Synonym: Discophus guineti — Guibé, 1978
    - Subfamily: Scaphiophryninae Laurent, 1946
      - Synonym: Scaphiophryniinae — Guibé, 1978
  - Family: Myobatrachidae
    - Genus: Pseudophryne
      - Species: Pseudophryne occidentalis Parker, 1940
        
        Synonym: Pseudophryne occidentalis — Tyler, 1978
  - Family: Ptychadenidae
    - Genus: Hildebrandtia
      - Species: Hildebrandtia macrotympanum (Boulenger, 1912)
        
        Synonym: Tomopterna scorteccii Balletto, Cherchi, and Lanza, 1978
    - Genus: Lanzarana
      - Species: Lanzarana largeni (Lanza, 1978)
        
        Synonym: Hildebrandtia ? largeni Lanza, 1978
    - Genus: Ptychadena
      - Species: Ptychadena bibroni (Hallowell, 1845)
        
        Synonym: Ptychadena mossambica maccarthyensis — Böhme, 1978
  - Family: Pyxicephalidae
    - Subfamily: Cacosterninae
      - Genus: Amietia
        
        Species: Amietia dracomontana (Channing, 1978)
        
        Synonym: Rana dracomontana Channing, 1978
    - Subfamily: Pyxicephalinae
      - Genus: Pyxicephalus
        
        Species: Pyxicephalus obbianus Calabresi, 1927
        
        Synonym: Pyxicephalus obbianus — Balletto, Cherchi, and Lanza, 1978
  - Family: Ranidae
    - Genus: Lithobates
      - Species: Lithobates capito (LeConte, 1855)
        
        Synonym: Rana capito — Case, 1978
      - Species: Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802)
        
        Synonym: Rana catesbyana — Smith, 1978
    - Genus: Rana
      - Species: Rana chevronta Hu and Ye, 1978
  - Family: Rhacophoridae
    - Subfamily: Rhacophorinae
      - Genus: Gracixalus
        
        Species: Gracixalus jinxiuensis (Hu, 1978)
        
        Synonym: Philautus jinxiuensis Hu, 1978
      - Genus: Raorchestes
        
        Species: Raorchestes longchuanensis (Yang and Li, 1978)
        
        Synonym: Philautus longchuanensis Yang and Li, 1978
      - Genus: Rhacophorus
        
        Species: Rhacophorus taipeianus Liang and Wang, 1978
- Order: Caudata Fischer von Waldheim, 1813
  - Synonym: Ambystomatoidea Dowling and Duellman, 1978
  - Family: Hynobiidae
    - Genus: Batrachuperus
      - Species: Batrachuperus londongensis Liu and Tian, 1978
    - Genus: Pseudohynobius
      - Species: Pseudohynobius flavomaculatus (Hu and Fei, 1978)
        
        Synonym: Hynobius flavomaculatus Hu and Fei, 1978
  - Family: Plethodontidae
    - Subfamily: Hemidactyliinae
      - Genus: Cryptotriton
        
        Species: Cryptotriton veraepacis (Lynch and Wake, 1978)
        
        Synonym: Chiropterotriton veraepacis Lynch and Wake, 1978
      - Genus: Eurycea
        
        Species: Eurycea robusta (Longley, 1978)
        
        Synonym: Typhlomolge robusta Longley, 1978
    - Subfamily: Plethodontinae
      - Genus: Desmognathus
        
        Species: Desmognathus imitator Dunn, 1927
        
        Synonym: Desmognathus imitator — Tilley, Merritt, Wu, and Highton, 1978
  - Family: Salamandridae
    - Subfamily: Salamandrinae
      - Genus: Salamandra
        
        Species: Salamandra salamandra (Linnaeus, 1758)
        
        Synonym: Salamandra salamandra bernardezi — Gasser, 1978
- Order: Gymnophiona
  - Family: Dermophiidae
    - Genus: Geotrypetes
      - Species: Geotrypetes seraphini (Duméril, 1859)
        
        Synonym: Schistometopum garzonheydti Taylor and Salvador, 1978

Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Names with citations in year 1978