Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Leptodactylus natalensis Lutz, 1930, Mem. Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, 23: 7. Syntypes: Including USNM 81130 according to Cochran, 1961, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 220: 64; USNM 81130 designated lectotype by Heyer, 1970, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 191: 22. Type locality: "Natal, Rio Grande do Norte. Rio Baldo e outros lugares", Brazil (Portugues text); "Rio Bahú and other places near Natal (Rio Grande do Norte)" (English text). Heyer and Heyer, 2006, Cat. Am. Amph. Rept., 808: 3, suggested the the type locality is "Rio Baldum, 06° 09′ S 35° 08′ W".

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Coastal Brazil from Rio de Janeiro north to the state of Rio Grande do Norte, with isolated records in the Paranaiba delta in Ceará.

Comment

Removed from the synonymy of Leptodactylus wagneri (where it had been placed by Heyer, 1970, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 191: 18) by Heyer, 1994, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 546: 89, who provided an account and considered it to be in the Leptodactylus wagneri-Leptodactylus podicipinus complex. Izecksohn and Carvalho-e-Silva, 2001, Anf. Municipio Rio de Janeiro: 76, provided a brief account and photo. Heyer and Heyer, 2006, Cat. Am. Amph. Rept., 808: 1-5, reviewed the species. Leite, Sampaio, Silva-Leite, and Leite, 2008, Biotemas, 21: 153-156, provided a record for Ceará, northeastern Brazil, and discussed the range.

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