Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Paludicola gracilis Boulenger, 1883, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 5, 11: 17. Syntypes: "numerous specimens, only one being adult" in BMNH. Type locality: "province of Rio Grande do Sul" and three specimens "without locality data", Brazil; emended to "provàvelment São Louenço", Rio Grando do Sul, Brazil by Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 79; restricted to "Taquara, Estado de Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil" by Klappenbach and Langone, 1992, An. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, Ser. 2, 8: 195.

Paludicola ranina Cope, 1885 "1884", Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., 22: 186. Syntypes: Not designated; ANSP 11219-27, according to Malnate, 1971, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 123: 352. Type locality: "São João do Monte Negro", in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, according to Vanzolini, 1953, Copeia, 1953: 124-125. Synonymy by Boulenger, 1885, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 5, 16: 298. Discussed by Klappenbach and Langone, 1992, An. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, Ser. 2, 8: 195.

Paludicola bischoffi Boulenger, 1887, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 5, 20: 296. Holotype: Presumably BMNH. Type locality: "Mundo Novo, [Taquara,] Rio Grande do Sul", Brazil. Synonymy by Milstead, 1960, Copeia, 1960: 83-89.

Liuperus calcaratus Philippi, 1902, Supl. Batr. Chil. Descr. Hist. Fis. Polit. Chile: 51. Types: MNHNC according to the original publication. Type locality: "Montevideo", Uruguay. Considered a nomen dubium, likely in Paludicola by Nieden, 1923, Das Tierreich, 46: 513. Synonymy by Klappenbach, 1968, Invest. Zool. Chilen., 23: 149.

Pleurodema montevidense Philippi, 1902, Supl. Batr. Chil. Descr. Hist. Fis. Polit. Chile: 142. Syntypes: MNHNC (2 specimens) according to the original publication. Type locality: "Montevideo", Uruguay. (Ambiguously, the name of the collector, Arrechavaleta, appears after "Montevideo" and can easily be mistaken as place name—DRF.) Considered a nomen dubium by Nieden, 1923, Das Tierreich, 46: 500. Synonymy by Klappenbach, 1968, Invest. Zool. Chilen., 23: 150.

Paludicola calcarata — Nieden, 1923, Das Tierreich, 46: 505.

Physalaemus gracilis — Parker, 1927, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 9, 20: 462.

Physalaemus bischoffi — Parker, 1927, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 9, 20: 468.

English Names

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

Distribution

Southern Brazil and Uruguay to adjacent Argentina, likely into Paraguay.

Comment

In the Physalaemus gracilis group of Nascimento, Caramaschi, and Cruz, 2005, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 63: 310. See account by Cei, 1980, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Monogr., 2: 399-402, and brief account by Klappenbach and Langone, 1992, An. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, Ser. 2, 8: 195-196. See comment under Physalaemus fischeri. Achaval and Olmos, 2003, Anf. Rept. Uruguay, ed. 2: 30, provided a brief account and photograph for the Uruguay population. Brusquetti and Lavilla, 2006, Cuad. Herpetol., 20: 25, noted that although this species probably occurs in Paraguay there are at present no voucher specimens to document it there.

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