Gastrotheca longipes (Boulenger, 1882)
Nototrema longipes Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 418. Syntypes: BMNH 1947.2.31.4-5 (formerly 80.12.5.238) and 80.12.5.169) according to Condit, 1964, J. Ohio Herpetol. Soc., 4: 87. Animal(s) figured on pl. 27 of the original is/are types. Type localities: "Canelos" and "Sarayacu", Provincia Pastaza, Ecuador.
Hyla capitocarinata Andersson, 1945, Ark. Zool., 37A(2): 5. Holotype: NHRM 1959, according to Duellman, 1974, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 27: 3. Type locality: "Rio Pastaza, Watershed", eastern Ecuador. Synonymy of Duellman, 1974, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 27: 2.
Gastrotheca longipes — Goin, 1964, Q. J. Florida Acad. Sci., 26: 347.
Gastrotheca (Opisthodelphys) longipes — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 31.
English Names
Pastaza Marsupial Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 53).
Distribution
Upper Amazon Basin in Ecuador and northern Peru, 250-1200 m elevation.
Comment
In the Gastrotheca ovifera group by implication of Duellman, Maxson, and Jesiolowski, 1988, Copeia, 1988: 527-543. See Almendáriz and Cisneros-Heredia, 2005, Politécnica, Quito, 26: 20-28, for discussion of Ecuadorian population.
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