Litoria glandulosa Bell, 1843, Zool. Voyage Beagle, Part 5: 42. Holotype: BMNH, according to Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 254. Type locality: "Concepcion, in Chile". Suggested as a possible senior synonym by Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 254 (who noted that the type was in such poor condition as to make determination difficult); Cei, 1962, Invest. Zool. Chilen., 8: 14; Cei, 1962, Batr. Chile: 67; Donoso-Barros, 1970, Bol. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat., Santiago, 31: 64; and Lynch, 1972, Bull. S. California Acad. Sci., 71: 6. Considered a nomen dubium by Cei, 1958, Invest. Zool. Chilen., 4: 276. Synonymy accepted by Gorham, 1966, Das Tierreich, 85: 119, and Lavilla, 1994 "1992", Acta Zool. Lilloana, 42: 80.
Dendrobates lateralis Guichenot, 1848, in Gay (ed.), Hist. Fis. Polit. Chile, Zool., 2: 120. Types: Not designated or known to exist. Type locality: "bósques pantanosos cerca de Valdivia", Chile. Synonymy by Silverstone, 1975, Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 21: 11.
Cystignathus nebulosus Girard, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 6: 422. Types: Not stated; presumablyoriginally in USNM or ANSP, but not noted in type lists and therefore presumed lost. Type locality: "Valparaiso, Chili". Provisional synonymy by Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 256. Considered; without discussion, a probable synonym of Batrachyla taeniata by Lavilla, 1994 "1992", Acta Zool. Lilloana, 42: 78.
Cystignathus taeniatus Girard, 1855 "1854", Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 7: 226. Type(s): Not stated; presumably originally in USNM or USNM, but not noted in type lists and assumed to be lost. Type locality: "neighborhoods of Santiago, Chili [= Chile]".
Hylaplesia lateralis — Günther, 1859 "1858", Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus.: 120.
Eupsophus nebulosus — Cope, 1870 "1869", Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., 11: 168.
Cystignathus hidalgoi Jiménez de la Espada, 1875, Vert. Viaje Pacif. Verif. 1862-1865: 76. Syntypes: 6 specimens noted, presumably in MNCN; three specimens given as MNCN 3528, 3531-3532, by González-Fernández, García-Díez, and San Segundo, 2009, Spixiana, München, 32: 270. Type localities: "Valdivia (adquiridos en Valparaiso" and "Chile". Synonymy with Paludicola nodosa by Werner, 1898 "1897", Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Suppl., 4: 266. Considered a nomen dubium by Cei, 1958, Invest. Zool. Chilen., 4: 276. Provisional synonymy by Gorham, 1966, Das Tierreich, 85: 119. See comments regarding the synonymy by Grandison, 1961, Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Zool., 8: 147, and the type locality by Lavilla, 1994 "1992", Acta Zool. Lilloana, 42: 78.
Cystignathus macrodactylus Günther, 1881, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1881: 18. Syntypes: BMNH (3 specimens), by original designation. Type locality: "found in pools on the hills, 500 feet above the sea, at Puerto Bueno", Chile. Synonymy by Lavilla, 1994 "1992", Acta Zool. Lilloana, 42: 78.
Borborocoetes hidalgi — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 253. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
Borborocoetes taeniatus — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 254.
Borborocoetes taeniatus var. bilineata Werner, 1896, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien, 46: 359. Syntypes: ZMB (formerly 5 specimens) by implication, but including MNHNP 1897.127, according to Ortiz and Lescure, 1990 "1989", Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Sect. A, Zool., 11: 116. Type locality: "Frutillar in Chile". Synonymy by Lavilla, 1994 "1992", Acta Zool. Lilloana, 42: 81. Previously considered, by Gorham, 1974, Checklist World Amph.: 60, to be a synonym of Eupsophus taeniatus.
Borborocoetes taeniatus var. rufodorsata Werner, 1896, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien, 46: 359. Syntypes: ZMB (3 specimens) by implication, but including MNHNP 1897.129, according to Ortiz and Lescure, 1990 "1989", Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Sect. A, Zool., 11: 116. Type locality: "Frutillar in Chile". Synonymy by Lavilla, 1994 "1992", Acta Zool. Lilloana, 42: 81. Previously considered, by Gorham, 1974, Checklist World Amph.: 60, to be a synonym of Eupsophus taeniatus.
Borborocoetes taeniatus var. albovittata Werner, 1896, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien, 46: 359. Syntypes: ZMB (formerly 3 specimens) by implication, but including MNHNP 1897.130, according to Ortiz and Lescure, 1990 "1989", Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Sect. A, Zool., 11: 116. Type locality: "Frutillar in Chile". Synonymy by Lavilla, 1994 "1992", Acta Zool. Lilloana, 42: 81. Previously considered, by Gorham, 1974, Checklist World Amph.: 60, to be a synonym of Eupsophus taeniatus.
Borborocoetes taeniatus var. modesta Werner, 1896, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien, 46: 360. Syntypes: ZMB (2 specimens) by implication, but including MNHNP 1897.126, according to Ortiz and Lescure, 1990 "1989", Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Sect. A, Zool., 11: 116. Type locality: "Frutillar in Chile".
Borborocoetes taeniatus var. intermedia Werner, 1896, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien, 46: 360. Syntypes: ZMB (2 specimens) by implication, but including MNHNP 1897.126, according to Ortiz and Lescure, 1990 "1989", Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Sect. A, Zool., 11: 116. Type locality: "Frutillar in Chile". Synonymy by Lavilla, 1994 "1992", Acta Zool. Lilloana, 42: 81. Previously considered, by Gorham, 1974, Checklist World Amph.: 60, to be a synonym of Eupsophus taeniatus.
Borborocoetes taeniatus var. ornata Werner, 1896, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien, 46: 359. Syntypes: ZMB (5 specimens) by implication, but including MNHNP 1897.125, according to Ortiz and Lescure, 1990 "1989", Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Sect. A, Zool., 11: 116. Type locality: "Frutillar in Chile". Synonymy by Lavilla, 1994 "1992", Acta Zool. Lilloana, 42: 81. Previously considered, by Gorham, 1974, Checklist World Amph.: 60, to be a synonym of Eupsophus taeniatus.
Alsodes bivittatus Philippi, 1902, Supl. Batr. Chil. Descr. Hist. Fis. Polit. Chile: 122. Syntypes: MNHNC according to the original publication. Type locality: "provincia Valdivia", Chile. Synonymy (with Eupsophus taeniatus) by Cei, 1958, Invest. Zool. Chilen., 4: 275.
Cystignathus glandulosus — Philippi, 1902, Supl. Batr. Chil. Descr. Hist. Fis. Polit. Chile: 114.
Cystignathus taeniatus — Philippi, 1902, Supl. Batr. Chil. Descr. Hist. Fis. Polit. Chile: plate 6.
Eupsophus taeniatus — Capurro-S., 1952, Invest. Zool. Chilen., 1: 3.
Batrachyla glandulosa — Donoso-Barros, 1970, Bol. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat., Santiago, 31: 64.
Batrachyla taeniata — Lynch, 1971, Misc. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 53: 6.
Eupsophus taeniatus — Pyron and Wiens, 2011, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 61: 543-583. Taxonomic decision based on misidentified Genbank sequences according to Blotto, Nuñez, Basso, Úbeda, Wheeler, and Faivovich, 2012, Cladistics, In press: xxx.
Banded Wood Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 70).
Neuquén to lower Río Negro, Argentina; central and southern Chile.
See Cei, 1962, Batr. Chile: 67-72; Ortiz and Lescure, 1990 "1989", Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Sect. A, Zool., 11: 116, and Cei, 1980, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Monogr., 2: 279-280, for accounts. Brieva and Formas, 2002 "2001", Amphibia-Reptilia, 22: 413-420, reported on allozyme variation in the species.
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