Scaphiophryne brevis (Boulenger, 1896)
Calophrynus brevis Boulenger, 1896, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 17: 403. Holotype: BMNH 1947.2.7.42, according to Blommers-Schlösser and Blanc, 1991, Faune de Madagascar, 75: 31. Type locality: "S.W. Madagascar".
Pseudohemisus brevis — Noble and Parker, 1926, Am. Mus. Novit., 232: 19.
Scaphiophryne brevis — Blommers-Schlösser and Blanc, 1991, Faune de Madagascar, 75: 30.
Scaphiophryne (Pseudohemisus) brevis — Grosjean, Glos, Teschke, Glaw, and Vences, 2007, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 151: 572.
English Names
Brown Rain Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 114).
Distribution
Lowlands of southern and southwestern Madagascar.
Comment
Removed from synonymy of Scaphiophryne calcarata by Blommers-Schlösser and Blanc, 1991, Faune de Madagascar, 75: 30, where it had been placed by Guibé, 1978, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 11: 107. See brief account by Glaw and Vences, 2007, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 3: 110.
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