Elachistocleis skotogaster Lavilla, Vaira, and Ferrari, 2003
Elachistocleis skotogaster Lavilla, Vaira, and Ferrari, 2003, Amphibia-Reptilia, 24: 270. Holotype: FML 07922, by original designation. Type locality: "Los Toldos, Dto. Santa Victoria, Salta, 1100 masl", Argentina.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Known from the type locality in subtropical montae forest at the type locality (Los Toldos. Departamento Santa Victoria) and about 70 km to the south to near Isla de Caņas (Departamento Iruya), both in the Provincia Salta, Argentina; likely extends into adjacent southern Bolivia.
Comment
Cajade, Barrasso, and Nenda, 2009, Check List, 5: 418-421, provided the second record in Argentina and agreed with E. Lavilla (IUCN Red List online) that at least some populations of spotted-bellied frogs current identified as Elachistocleis ovalis in southern Bolivia may apply to this species.
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