Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Physolaemus ephippiger Jan, 1857, Cenni Mus. Civ. Milano: 52. Type(s): MSNM. Type locality: "Brasile". Nomen nudum, likely in this synonymy (DRF).

Leiuperus ephippifer Steindachner, 1864, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien, 14: 277. Type(s): NHMW, not traced. Type locality: "Parà und Caiçara [a locality in Mato Grosso, apparently in error]", Brazil. Restricted to "Belém, Pará", Brazil by Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 70.

Gomphobates ephippifer — Günther, 1865, Zool. Rec., 1: 128.

Physalaemus ephippifer — Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 70.

English Names

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

Distribution

Mouth of the Amazon (Brazil) and the Guianas; reported for 2.5 km W Calceta del Perro, Bolívar, Venezuela.

Comment

In the Physalaemus cuvieri group of Nascimento, Caramaschi, and Cruz, 2005, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 63: 308. See comments under Physalaemus enesefae and Physalaemus fischeri. Gorzula and Señaris, 1999 "1998", Scient. Guaianae, 8: 69-71, provided the Venezuela record. Ernst, Rödel, and Arjoon, 2005, Salamandra, 41: 179-194, suggested that Physalaemus had not been recorded for Guyana prior to their record of Physalaemus sp., so inclusion of that country in the range of this species may be in error. See account for Surinam population by Ouboter and Jairam, 2012, Amph. Suriname: 216-219.

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