Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Leptodactylus insularum Barbour, 1906, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 46: 228. Syntypes: MCZ 2424 (12 specimens), by original designation; Barbour and Loveridge, 1929, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 69: 293, also considered as syntypes MCZ 6901-02 from San Miguel I., as well as MCZ 2444 (6 specimens) from Saboga I.; apparently some of the original 12 syntypes have been renumbered. Type locality: "Saboga Island", Bahía de Panamá, Panama. Barbour and Loveridge, 1929, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 69: 293, recorded MCZ 2424 as being from "San Miguel Id., Bay of Panama", Panama.

English Names

San Miguel Island Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 81).

Distribution

Mainland Pacific versant of Costa Rica, throughout lowland Panama, Caribbean drainages of Colombia and Venezuela; Trinidad.

Comment

Heyer, 1974, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 253: 43, following Dunn, 1931, Occas. Pap. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 5: 410, included Leptodactylus insularum as a possible synonym of Leptodactylus bolivianus; this conclusion was formalized by Savage, 2002, Amph. Rept. Costa Rica: 217-219, who provided an account and discussion of the taxonomic controversy. Leptodactylus insularum was resurrected by Heyer and de Sá, 2011, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 635: 1-58, subsequent to the synonymy with Leptodactylus bolivianus by Savage, 2002, Amph. Rept. Costa Rica: 218, following Heyer, 1974, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 253: 43, and Dunn, 1931, Occas. Pap. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 5: 410. See account by Heyer and de Sá, 2011, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 635: 38-35, who included this in their Leptodactylus bolivianus complex. Murphy, 1997, Amph. Rept. Trinidad Tobago: 84-85, provided a brief account for Trinidad (as Leptodactylus bolivanus). Armesto, Esteban, and Torrado, 2009 "2008", Herpetotropicos, Mérida, 5: 57-63 provided a record for Norte de Santander, northeastern Colombia.

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