Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Engystoma albopunctatum Boettger, 1885, Z. Naturwiss., Halle, 58: 240. Type(s): Not stated; holotype is ZMB 10588 according to Bauer, Günther, and Robeck, 1996, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 72: 263. Type locality: "Paraguay, Amer. merid".

Chiasmocleis albopunctata — Méhely, 1904, Ann. Hist. Nat. Mus. Natl. Hungarici, 2: 210. Nieden, 1926, Das Tierreich, 49: 72; Parker, 1934, Monogr. Frogs Fam. Microhylidae: 119.

Gastrophryne albopunctata — Stejneger, 1910, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 23: 166.

Chiasmocleis bicegoi Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920, Rev. Mus. Paulista, São Paulo, 12: 286. Holotype: MZUSP 924 (formerly 595), according to XXX. Type locality: "Os Perús, S[ão]. Paulo", Brazil. Synonymy by Cruz, Caramaschi, and Izecksohn, 1997, Alytes, 15: 49-71.

English Names

White-spotted Humming Frog (Chiasmocleis albopunctata: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 88).

Cecilia Humming Frog (Chiasmocleis bicegoi [no longer recognized]: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 88).

Distribution

Eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, and Brazil (Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, and São Paulo).

Comment

See comment under Chiasmocleis centralis. See account by Cochran, 1955 "1954", Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 206: 362-363. Redescribed and accounts provided by Caramaschi and Cruz, 1997, Herpetologica, 53: 259-268, and Cruz, Caramaschi, and Izecksohn, 1997, Alytes, 15: 49-71. Köhler, 2000, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 48: 145, provided a brief account. Brusquetti and Lavilla, 2006, Cuad. Herpetol., 20: 21-22, briefly discussed the range in Paraguay. Brusquetti and Netto, 2008, Herpetol. Rev., 39: 362, provided a new record for Paraguay and discused the range. Silva, Prado, Vasconcelos, Santos, and Rossa-Feres, 2009, Check List, 5: 314-316, mapped the range in Brazil, provided additional localities, and provided a photograph. Jansen, Bloch, Schulze, and Pfenninger, 2011, Zool. Scripta, 40: 567-583, reported on genetic variation in Bolivia.

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