Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Dendrophryniscus brevipollicatus Jiménez de la Espada, 1870, J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat., Lisboa, 3: 65. Type(s): Not stated; presumably in MNCN. Type locality: "in Brasil; prope Rio de Janeiro, in Monte Corcovado"; given as "Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro", Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 34.

Atelopus imitator Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920, Rev. Mus. Paulista, São Paulo, 12: 310. Syntypes: MZUSP 477 (Santos), 485 (Santos), 847 (Alto da Serra), 835 (Rio Grande), 639 (Campo Grande). Type localities: "Santos, Cubatão, São Paulo", "Santos, Cubatão, Estado de São Paulo", "Alto da Serra", "Rio Grande, Estado de São Paulo", and "Campo Grande, Estado de São Paulo", Brazil. Synonymy by Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 27: 139.

Dendrophryniscus brevipollicatus lauroi Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 27: 138. Syntypes: MNRJ 394, according to Miranda-Ribeiro, 1955, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 42: 408. Type locality: "Angra dos Reis", Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Dendrophryniscus brevipollicatus lutzi Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 27: 138. Syntypes: MNRJ, not located by Miranda-Ribeiro, 1955, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 42: 408. Type locality: "Corcovado", city of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Dendrophryniscus brevipollicatus brevipollicatus Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 27: 138. By implication.

English Names

Coastal Tree Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 44).

Distribution

Coastal ranges of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Comment

See comment under Dendrophryniscus leucomystax. For discussion of distribution see Braun and Braun, 1979, Iheringia, Zool., 54: 47-54. See accounts by Cochran, 1955 "1954", Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 206: 10-12, Heyer, Rand, Cruz, Peixoto, and Nelson, 1990, Arq. Zool., São Paulo, 31: 249-250, and Izecksohn, 1994 "1993", Rev. Brasil. Zool., 10: 473-488. Izecksohn and Carvalho-e-Silva, 2001, Anf. Municipio Rio de Janeiro: 31, provided a brief account and photo. Izecksohn, 1971, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 54: 129-136, reported on color pattern variation. Cruz and Fusinatto, 2008, S. Am. J. Herpetol., 3: 25, commented on the range.

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