Gastrotheca christiani Laurent, 1967
Gastrotheca christiani Laurent, 1967, Acta Zool. Lilloana, 22: 354. Holotype: FML 01369 (in error; actually FML 00482 according to Lavilla and Kretzschmar, 1998, Acta Zool. Lilloana, 44: 222). Type locality: "más or menos a 50 km de Calilegua a lo largo de la ruta de Valla Grante, Provincia de Jujuy", Argentina.
Gastrotheca (Opisthodelphys) christiani — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 31.
English Names
Christian's Marsupial Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 53).
Distribution
Vicinity of type locality (Jujuy) on mid-elevational (1550-2600 m elevation) slopes of Andes in northern Argentina to Salta Province.
Comment
In the Gastrotheca marsupiata group of Duellman, Maxson, and Jesiolowski, 1988, Copeia, 1988: 527-543. See Cei, 1980, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Monogr., 2: 439-442. See Laurent, Lavilla, and Teran, 1986, Acta Zool. Lilloana, 38: 171-210, for distributional records and a comparison with other Argentinian species. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 395.
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