Physalaemus kroyeri (Reinhardt and Lütken, 1862)
Gomphobates kröyeri Reinhardt and Lütken, 1862 "1861", Vidensk. Medd. Dansk Naturhist. Foren., Ser. 2, 3: 176. Type(s): ZMUC, by original designation. Type locality: "Cachoeiro [= Cachoeira da Săo Félix] ved Floden Paraguacu, 18 portugisiske Miil Bahia", Brazil.
Paludicola kröyeri — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 235.
Physalaemus kröyeri — Bokermann, 1966, Rev. Brasil. Biol., 26: 253-259. Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 42.
Physalaemus kroeyeri — Lynch, 1971, Misc. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 53: 182. Unjustified emendation.
Physalaemus kroyeri — Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 253. Mandatory emendation.
English Names
Kroyer’s Dwarf Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 83).
Distribution
Northern Minas Gerais and central Bahia north to Piauí and Paraíba, Brazil.
Comment
In the Physalaemus cuvieri group of Nascimento, Caramaschi, and Cruz, 2005, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 63: 308. Considered by Nieden, 1923, Das Tierreich, 46: 505, to be a junior synonym of Physalaemus signifera, and a junior synonym of Physalaemus cuvieri by Parker, 1927, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 9, 20: 461, it was resurrected by Bokermann, 1966, Rev. Brasil. Biol., 26: 253-259. Annunziata, Castro, Fontenele, and Cisne, 2009, Herpetol. Rev., 40: 362, provided a record for Piauí, Brazil, and commented on the range.
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