Pseudopaludicola saltica (Cope, 1887)
Paludicola saltica Cope, 1887, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., 24: 48. Syntypes: ANSP 11228-34, 11236-37, 11239, according to Malnate, 1971, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 123: 352; ANSP 11230 designated lectotype by Lobo, 1994, Cuad. Herpetol., 8: 187. Type locality: "at or near . . . . Chupada [= Chapada dos Guimarães], thirty miles north-east of Cuyabá, and near the headwaters of the Xingu, an important tributary of the Amazon", Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Pseudopaludicola saltica — Haddad and Cardoso, 1987, Pap. Avulsos Zool., São Paulo, 36: 287-300.
English Names
Chupada Swamp Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 84).
Long-legged Swamp Froglet (Eterovick and Sazima, 2004, Anf. Serra do Cipó: 111).
Distribution
South-central Brazil in the states of Mato Gross, Minas Gerais, Distrito Federal, and São Paulo.
Comment
Resurrected from the synonymy of Pseudopaludicola falcipes by Haddad and Cardoso, 1987, Pap. Avulsos Zool., São Paulo, 36: 287-300. See account by Lobo, 1994, Cuad. Herpetol., 8: 177-199. Eterovick and Sazima, 2004, Anf. Serra do Cipó: 111-112, provided a photograph and brief account.
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