Proceratophrys melanopogon (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926)
Stombus melanopogon Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 27: 125-126. Holotype: MNRJ 294, according to Miranda-Ribeiro, 1955, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 42: 408. Type locality: "Alto da Serra, (S[ão] Paulo)", Brazil. Rendered as "Paranapiacaba (= Alto da Serra), São Paulo", Brazil by Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 92.
Proceratophrys melanopogon — Heyer, Rand, Cruz, Peixoto, and Nelson, 1990, Arq. Zool., São Paulo, 31: 318.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Serra do Mar and Serra do Mantiqueira in the states of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; also Serra Brigadeiro and Ibitipoca, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Comment
Removed from the synonymy of Proceratophrys appendiculata by Heyer, Rand, Cruz, Peixoto, and Nelson, 1990, Arq. Zool., São Paulo, 31: 318, where is had been placed by Izecksohn and Peixoto, 1981, Rev. Brasil. Biol., 41: 19-24. See Izecksohn, Cruz, and Peixoto, 1999 "1998", Rev. Univ. Rural, Ser. Cienc. Vida, 20: 37-54, for discussion. Records for Minas Gerais provided by Feio, Cruz, and Izecksohn, 2003, Herpetol. Rev., 34: 162-163. See account by Prado and Pombal, 2008, Arq. Zool., São Paulo, 39: 1-85 [43-47]. Mângia, Santana, and Feio, 2010, S. Am. J. Herpetol., 5: 127-131, reported on the advertisement call. Cruz, Feio, and Caramaschi, 2009, Anf. Ibitipoca: 74-75, provided photographs and a brief account for Parque Estadual do Ibitipoca, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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