Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Leptodactylus laticeps Boulenger, 1918, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 9, 2: 431. Holotype: BMNH 98.11.24.7, according to XXX. Type locality: "Santa Fé, Argentina".

Leptodactylus (Pachypus) laticeps — Vellard, 1947, Acta Zool. Lilloana, 4: 464.

English Names

Santa Fe Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 81).

Distribution

Gran Chaco of Paraguay, Bolivia, and Argentina.

Comment

In the Leptodactylus pentadactylus group of Heyer, 1972, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 231: 1-8, and Heyer, 1979, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 301: 1-43. See account by Cei, 1980, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Monogr., 2: 355-357. De la Riva, Köhler, Lötters, and Reichle, 2000, Rev. Esp. Herpetol., 14: 41, noted that no voucher specimen exists for Bolivia, although it is expected in the Chaco. Brusquetti and Lavilla, 2006, Cuad. Herpetol., 20: 14, briefly discussed the range in Paraguay. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 622.

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