Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Hylodes parvus Girard, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 6: 423. Type(s): Not stated; presumably originally in USNM or ANSP. Type locality: "Rio de Janeiro, Brazil".

Hylodes (Hylodes) parvus — Cope, 1862, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 14: 153.

Eleutherodactylus parvus — Stejneger, 1904, Annu. Rep. U.S. Natl. Mus. for 1902: 582-583. by implication; Lutz, 1944, Bol. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, N.S., Zool., 17: 1.

Leptodactylus pumilio Boulenger, 1920, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 9, 5: 123. Holotype: BMNH, by original designation. Type locality: "at or near Theresopolis", Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Synonymy by Heyer, 1972, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 231: 3.

Phrynanodus nanus Ahl, 1933, Zool. Anz., 104: 29. Holotype: NHMW 18321, according to Lynch, 1968, Copeia, 1968: 875-876. Type locality: "Ostbrasiliens, Itatiaya, Südabhang, in 1000-2000 m Höhe", State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Synonymy by Lynch, 1968, Copeia, 1968: 875-876.

Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) parvus — Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 230.

Ischnocnema parva — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 104: 10094. Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: 15; Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 28.

English Names

Girard's Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 78).

Distribution

Southeastern Brazil.

Comment

In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) binotatus series, Eleutherodactylus parvus group according to Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 230. See account by Heyer, Rand, Cruz, Peixoto, and Nelson, 1990, Arq. Zool., São Paulo, 31: 299-300. Izecksohn and Carvalho-e-Silva, 2001, Anf. Municipio Rio de Janeiro: 85, provided a brief account and photo. Siqueira, Ananias, and Recco-Pimentel, 2004, Genet. Mol. Biol., 27: 363-372, compared the karyotypes of Eleutherodactylus binotatus, Eleutherodactylus guentheri, and Eleutherodactylus parvus. In the Ischnocnema parva species series of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 28. Cruz, Feio, and Caramaschi, 2009, Anf. Ibitipoca: 58-59, provided photographs and a brief account for Parque Estadual do Ibitipoca, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

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