Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Corythomantis greeningi Boulenger, 1896, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 17: 405. Holotype: BMNH 1947.2.25.97 (formerly 96.1.20.3) according to Condit, 1964, J. Ohio Herpetol. Soc., 4: 86. Type locality: "Brazil (exact locality unknown)"; corrected to "Brazil: Espirito Santo" by Condit, 1964, J. Ohio Herpetol. Soc., 4: 86.

Corythomantis schubarti Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937, O Campo, 1937: 56. Holotype: MNRJ 246, according to Miranda-Ribeiro, 1955, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 42: 411. Type locality: "Salgadinho, Pernambuco", Brazil. Synonymy by Carvalho, 1941, Pap. Avulsos Zool., São Paulo, 1: 107.

Corythomantis greeningi — Carvalho, 1941, Pap. Avulsos Zool., São Paulo, 1: 107.

Corythomantis schubarthae — Lutz, 1968, Pearce-Sellards Ser., 11: 19. Misspelling.

English Names

Greening's Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 52).

Distribution

Xeric and subhumid regions of northeastern Brazil.

Comment

For discussion see Carvalho, 1941, Pap. Avulsos Zool., São Paulo, 1: 101-110, and Trueb, 1970, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 18: 546-716. See Sazima and Cardoso, 1980, Iheringia, Zool., 55: 3-7. Juncá, Carneiro, and Rodrigues, 2008, Zootaxa, 1686: 48-56, reported on a dwarf population in the Serra São José (state of Bahia) that they regarded as conspecific with normal-sized populations.

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