Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Bufo albifrons Spix, 1824, Animal. Nova Spec. Nov. Test. Ran. Brasil.: 48. Type(s): 2 specimens according to the original publication, including animal figured on pl. 19, fig. 2; syntypes include ZSM 49/0 and 50/0 (both now lost) according to Hoogmoed and Gruber, 1983, Spixiana, München, Suppl., 9: 374, for discussion; RMNH 2272 considered subsequently a remaining syntype by Hoogmoed, 1986, Zool. Meded., Leiden, 60: 299-300. See comments by Glaw and Franzen, 2006, Spixiana, München, 29: 171; Boulenger, 1887, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 5, 20: 296, recorded the syntypes as ZMB 6800 (2 specimens), apparently in error. Type locality: "Habitat in Provincia Bahia", Brazil. Type locality rendered as "Porto Alegre", Brazil, by Boulenger, 1887, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 5, 20: 296. Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 17, suggested that the type locality is in "provàvelmente . . . da região central de taboleiros", Bahia, Brazil.

Bombinator albifrons — Schlegel, 1826, Bull. Sci. Nat. Geol., Paris, Ser. 2, 9: 239.

Paludicola albifrons — Wagler, 1830, Nat. Syst. Amph.: 206. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 27: 159.

Physalaemus albifrons — Parker, 1927, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 9, 20: 460.

English Names

Bahia Dwarf Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 83).

Distribution

Northern Maranhão, through Piauí, Ceará, Bahia, Paraíba, Pernambuco, and Alagoas south through Bahia to southern Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Comment

In the Physalaemus biligonigerus group of Nascimento, Caramaschi, and Cruz, 2005, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 63: 309. Lavilla, 1994 "1992", Acta Zool. Lilloana, 42: 89, noted that the presence of this species in Argentina needs to be confirmed, and Langone, 2001, Cuad. Herpetol., 15: 85-88, discussed the range and rejected its presence in Argentina as based on confusion for the most part with Physalaemus biligonigerus. Silva, Santos, Alves, Sousa, and Annunziata, 2010, Sitientibus, Ser. Cienc. Biol., 7: 334-340, provided records for Piauí, Brazil. Oliveira, Weber, and Ruggeri, 2010, S. Am. J. Herpetol., 5: 249-254, reported on larval morphology. Palmeira, Gonçalves, and Paz, 2011, Check List, 7: 839-840, provided a distribution map and a range extension into Alagoas,

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