Elachistocleis cesarii (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920)
Engystoma ovale cesarii Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920, Rev. Mus. Paulista, São Paulo, 12: 284. Syntypes: MZUP 33 (Ypiranga), 36 (Perus), 37 (Cubatão), 38 (Belém), 42 (Ypiranga), 264 (Piquete), 529 (Alto da Serra), 715 (Alto da Serra), 2024-27 (Perus) according to Toledo, Loebmann, and Haddad, 2010, Zootaxa, 2418: 50, who designated MZUSP 529 as lectotype. Type localities: "Piquete", "Os Perus", "Alto da Serra—S. Paulo", and "Cubatao-Santos", São Paulo, Brazil; restricted to "São Paulo", Brazil, by Cochran, 1955 "1954", Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 206: 364; lectotype from "Alto da Serra", São Paulo, Brazil.
Engystoma ovale lineatum Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920, Rev. Mus. Paulista, São Paulo, 12: 284. Syntypes: MZUSP 39 (now 2022) (2 specimens). Type locality: R. da Serra, São Paulo, Brazil. Given as "Piassaguera (= Raiz da Serra), São Paulo", Brazil by Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 39. Synonymy by Toledo, Loebmann, and Haddad, 2010, Zootaxa, 2418: 50-60.
Engystoma cesarii mottae Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920, Rev. Mus. Paulista, São Paulo, 12: 284. Types: not stated; given by museum records MZUSP 36 (2024-2027), 37 (2023), 42, 264 and 529. Type locality: São Paulo, Brazil. Nomen nudum. Synonymy (with Elachistocleis ovalis) by Parker, 1934, Monogr. Frogs Fam. Microhylidae: 121. Associated here with Engystoma ovale cesarii Miranda-Ribeiro by reason of the types of Engystoma cesarii mottae being in the syntypic series of Engystoma ovale cesarii.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Southeastern to central Brazil in eastern São Paulo, south-central Minas Gerais, and eastern Goiás.
Comment
Redescribed and removed from the synonymy of Elachistocleis bicolor by Toledo, Loebmann, and Haddad, 2010, Zootaxa, 2418: 50-60 . Cruz, Feio, and Caramaschi, 2009, Anf. Ibitipoca: 124-125, provided photographs and a brief account (as Elachistocleis ovalis) for Parque Estadual do Ibitipoca, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Magalhãez, Santana, Mollo, and Garda, 2012, Zootaxa, 3187: 54-56, reported on larval morphology.
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