Physalaemus santafecinus Barrio, 1965
Physalaemus santafecinus Barrio, 1965, Physis, Buenos Aires, 25: 430. Holotype: CHINM 1141, by original designation; now in MACN. Type locality: "Helvetia [= Helvecia], Santa Fe, Argentina".
English Names
Helvetia Dwarf Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 83).
Distribution
Corrientes and Santa Fe provinces, Argentina; probably in adjacent eastern Paraguay.
Comment
In the Physalaemus biligonigerus group of Nascimento, Caramaschi, and Cruz, 2005, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 63: 309. A sibling species of Physalaemus biligonigerus according to the original publication. Compared morphometrically with Physalaemus biligonigerus by Laurent, 1969, Acta Zool. Lilloana, 25: 81-96. Brusquetti and Lavilla, 2006, Cuad. Herpetol., 20: 25, suggested that this species likely occurs in adjacent Paraguay. Gómez and Kehr, 2011, Phyllomedusa, 10: 143-151, reported on developmental plasticity of larvae.
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