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Physalaemus nanus (Boulenger, 1888)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Leptodactylidae > Subfamily: Leiuperinae > Genus: Physalaemus

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Eupemphix nana Boulenger, 1888, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 1: 187. Syntypes: BMNH (2 specimens), by original designation. Type locality: "Lages, Santa Catharina", Brazil.

Physalaemus nana — Cochran, 1955 "1954", Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 206: 354.

Physalaemus nanus — Bokermann, 1962, An. Acad. Brasil. Cienc., 34: 567.

English Names

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

Distribution

São Paulo to Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Comment

In the Physalaemus signifer group of of Nascimento, Caramaschi, and Cruz, 2005, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 63: 308. See account by Bokermann, 1962, An. Acad. Brasil. Cienc., 34: 563-568.

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