Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Hyobates fuscomaculatus Jan, 1857, Cenni Mus. Civ. Milano: 52. Type(s): MSNM. Type locality: "Brasile". Nomen nudum, likely in this synonymy (DRF), attributed to Tschudi and Fitzinger, presumably from jar labels.

Liuperus biligonigerus Cope, 1861 "1860", Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 12: 517. Holotype: ANSP 2265, according to Milstead, 1963, Copeia, 1963: 565. Type locality: "Buenos Ayres", Argentina. Corrected to "the surroundings of La Paz, Entre Rios Province, Argentina" by Kolenc, Baldo, Borteiro, Marango, Ferraro, and Faivovich, 2011, Copeia, 2011: 513.

Pleurodema biligonigera — Cope, 1862, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 14: 352.

Eupemphix fuscomaculatus Steindachner, 1864, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien, 14: 272. Holotype: NHMW 4316, according to Häupl, Tiedemann, and Grillitsch, 1994, Kat. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 9: 21. Type locality: "Caiçara in Brasilien", near S. Luiz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Rendered as "Caiçara, Municipality of Cáceres, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil" by Nascimento, Pimenta, Cruz, and Caramaschi, 2006, S. Am. J. Herpetol., 1: 172. Synonymy by Kolenc, Baldo, Borteiro, Marango, Ferraro, and Faivovich, 2011, Copeia, 2011: 513.

Hiobates fuscomaculatus Steindachner, 1864, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien, 14: 272. Name provided in synonymy of Eupemphix fuscomaculatus and attributed to Fitzinger and Tschudi. Synonymy by Kolenc, Baldo, Borteiro, Marango, Ferraro, and Faivovich, 2011, Copeia, 2011: 513

Gomphobates fuscomaculata — Steindachner, 1867, Reise Österreichischen Fregatte Novara, Zool., Amph.: 12.

Hiobates fuscus Steindachner, 1867, Reise Österreichischen Fregatte Novara, Zool., Amph.: 12. MS name attributed to Fitzinger and proposed in synonymy of Eupemphix fuscomaculatus.

Lystris fuscomaculata — Cope, 1869 "1868", Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 20: 312. Presumably based on specimens of Physalaemus marmoratus (DRF).

Gomphobates biligonigerus — Cope, 1870 "1869", Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., 11: 168.

Paludicola (Gomphobates) biligonigerus — Peters, 1873, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1873: 616.

Paludicola fuscomaculata — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 233.

Paludicola biligonigera — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 234.

Physalaemus biligonigerus — Parker, 1927, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 9, 20: 458. Gallardo, 1964, Neotropica, 10: 25.

Physalaemus fuscomaculata — Parker, 1927, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 9, 20: 459.

Physalaemus fuscomaculatus — Cochran, 1955 "1954", Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 206: 345. Presumably based on specimens of Physalaemus marmoratus (DRF).

Physalaemus fuscumaculatus — Cei, 1980, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Monogr., 2: 389. Incorrect subsequent spelling of the epithet.

Pleurodema fuscomaculata — Nascimento, Pimenta, Cruz, and Caramaschi, 2006, S. Am. J. Herpetol., 1: 166.

Pleurodema fuscomaculatum — Frost, 2007, Amph. Spec. World Online, vers. 5.1: . Gender agreement.

English Names

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

Distribution

Northern and central Argentina; adjacent Bolivia; Paraguay; Uruguay; southern Brazil.

Comment

In the Physalaemus biligonigerus group of Nascimento, Caramaschi, and Cruz, 2005, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 63: 309. Reviewed by Barrio, 1965, Physis, Buenos Aires, 25: 421-448, who noted that this is a sibling species of Physalaemus santafecinus. See comment under Physalaemus santafecinus. See brief account by Klappenbach and Langone, 1992, An. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, Ser. 2, 8: 194. Confused in the literature with Physalaemus fuscomaculatus, which has resulted in considerable problems in delimiting ranges according to De la Riva, Köhler, Lötters, and Reichle, 2000, Rev. Esp. Herpetol., 14: 43, who discussed its presence in Bolivia. Köhler, 2000, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 48: 139, provided a brief account. Achaval and Olmos, 2003, Anf. Rept. Uruguay, ed. 2: 28, provided a brief account and photograph for the Uruguay population. Brusquetti and Lavilla, 2006, Cuad. Herpetol., 20: 17, briefly discussed the range in Paraguay. Moreno and Gutierrez, 2008, Cuad. Herpetol., 22: 49-50, provided a record for the Province of San Luis, Argentina, and discussed the range.

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