Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Ceratophrys appendiculata Günther, 1873, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 4, 11: 418. Holotype: BMNH according to Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 223. Type locality: "Brazil".

Ceratophrys cafferi Camerano, 1879, Atti Accad. Sci. Torino, Cl. Sci. Fis. Mat. Nat., 14: 880. Holotype: MZUT An540, according to Gavetti and Andreone, 1993, Cat. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat., Torino, 10: 51. Type locality: "Brasile . . . . nelle foreste vergini dell Serra degli Organi" (= Organ Mountains, Brazil). Given as "Serra dos Órgaos, Terezópolis, Rio de Janeiro", Brazil by Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 25. Synonymy by Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 222.

Stombus appendiculatus — Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920, Rev. Mus. Paulista, São Paulo, 12: 302.

Ceratophrys appendiculata — Nieden, 1923, Das Tierreich, 46: 382. Cochran, 1955 "1954", Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 206: 223.

Stombus appendiculatus appendiculatus — Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 27: 125.

Stombus appendiculatus var. unicolor Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 27: 125. Syntypes: MNRJ, by original designation. Recorded as MNRJ 0298 by Prado and Pombal, 2008, Arq. Zool., São Paulo, 39: 32. Type locality: "Alto da Serra—S[ão]. Paulo—Santos", Brazil. Given as "Japuíba, Cachoeiras de Macacu, Rio de Janeiro" by Prado and Pombal, 2008, Arq. Zool., São Paulo, 39: 32.

Stombus appendiculatus — Reig and Limeses, 1963, Physis, Buenos Aires, 24: 114.

Stombus appendiculatus incolor — Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 92. Incorrect subsequent spelling.

Proceratophrys appendiculata — Lynch, 1971, Misc. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 53: 134.

English Names

Guenther's Horned Frog (Cochran, 1961, Living Amph. World: 88).

Günther's Horned Frog (Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 91).

Gunther's Smooth Horned Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 84).

Distribution

Forests in the central part of Rio de Janeiro (state) and eastern eastern São Paulo, Brazil.

Comment

See Izecksohn, Cruz, and Peixoto, 1999 "1998", Rev. Univ. Rural, Ser. Cienc. Vida, 20: 37-54, for discussion. See Prado and Pombal, 2008, Arq. Zool., São Paulo, 39: 1-85 [32-38], for account.

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