Leptodactylus poecilochilus (Cope, 1862)
Cystignathus poecilochilus Cope, 1862, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 14: 156. Syntypes: "Mus. Smithsonian [USNM], (No. 4347) Acad., Philadelphia"; USNM 4347a considered holotype by Cochran, 1961, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 220: 40. ANSP specimen presumably lost as not mentioned in recent type list. Type locality: "Near Turbo, [Antioquia,] New Granada [= Colombia]".
Leptodactylus poecilochilus — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 343.
Leptodactylus quadrivittatus Cope, 1893, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., 31: 339. Holotype: Originally No. 365 in Museo Nacional de Costa Rica; now lost according to Dunn, 1940, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 92: 106; Heyer, 1978, Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 29: 33. Type locality: "Buenos Ayres" (= Buenos Aires), Cantón de Buenas Aires, Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Savage, 1974, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 22: 82, commented on the type locality. Synonymy by Dunn, 1940, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 92: 106; Heyer, 1970, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 16: 182; Heyer, 1978, Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 29: 33.
Leptodactylus maculilabris Boulenger, 1896, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 17: 404-405. Holotype: BMNH 94.11.15.27, according to Heyer, 1978, Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 29: 69. Type locality: "Bebedero, [Cantón de Cañas, Province of Guanacaste,] Costa Rica". Type locality commented on by Savage, 1974, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 22: 78. Synonymy by Dunn, 1940, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 92: 106; Heyer, 1970, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 16: 182; Heyer, 1978, Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 29: 33.
Leptodactylus diptychus Boulenger, 1918, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 9, 2: 431. Holotype: BMNH 94.8.31.11, according to Heyer, 1978, Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 29: 69. Type locality: "Andes of Venezuela". Synonymy by Heyer, 1978, Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 29: 34.
Leptodactylus poecilochilus poecilochilus — Rivero, 1961, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 126: 43.
Leptodactylus poecilochilus dyptichus — Rivero, 1961, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 126: 42. Incorrect subsequent spelling for diptychus.
English Names
Turbo White-lipped Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 82).
Distribution
Lowlands of northwestern Pacific Costa Rica to northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela.
Comment
In the Leptodactylus fuscus group of Heyer, 1978, Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 29: 1-85. See account by Savage, 2002, Amph. Rept. Costa Rica: 222-223. Streicher and Mohammadi, 2012, Herpetol. Rev., 43: 97, provided a record on the Atlantic versant of Heredia Province, Costa Rica, and commented on the range.
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