Gastrotheca chrysosticta Laurent, 1976
Gastrotheca chrysosticta Laurent, 1976, Acta Zool. Lilloana, 32: 58. Holotype: FML 02098, by original designation. Type locality: "Palca de San Martín, Serranía de Porongal, Dpto. Santa Victoria, Prov. Salta, Argentina, 1530 m".
Gastrotheca (Gastrotheca) chrysosticta — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 32.
English Names
Salta Marsupial Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 53).
Distribution
Vicinity of type locality on lower Andean slopes in Salta Province, northern Argentina; extending into adjacent Tarija Department, Bolivia.
Comment
In the Gastrotheca marsupiata group of Duellman, Maxson, and Jesiolowski, 1988, Copeia, 1988: 527-543. See Laurent, Lavilla, and Teran, 1986, Acta Zool. Lilloana, 38: 171-210, for distributional records and summary of color pattern variation. De la Riva, Köhler, Lötters, and Reichle, 2000, Rev. Esp. Herpetol., 14: 58, and Köhler, 2000, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 48: 69, thought this species possibly to occur in Bolivia. See 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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