Leptodactylus rhodostima (Cope, 1874)
Plectomantis rhodostima Cope, 1874, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 26: 127. Holotype: Presumably ANSP (most likely) or USNM, not located. Type locality: "Nauta", Departamento Loreto, Peru.
Plectomantis rhodostigma — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 250. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
Leptodactylus rhodostigma — Nieden, 1923, Das Tierreich, 46: 489. New combination but incorrect spelling.
English Names
Nauta White-lipped Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 82).
Distribution
Known only from the type locality (Nauta, Loreto, Peru).
Comment
Nomen dubium. Heyer, 1974, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 253: 44, considered this form to possibly belong in Lithodytes. Definitely not a Leptodactylus (Ronald I. Crombie, personal commun.).
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