Dermophis occidentalis Taylor, 1955
Dermophis occidentalis Taylor, 1955, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 37: 506. Holotype: KU 36298, by original designation. Type locality: "Dominical Road approximately 15 km. WNW of San Isidro del General in open meadow under stones", San José Province, Costa Rica; type locality discussed by Savage, 1974, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 22: 71-122.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Pacific slope of central Costa Rica.
Comment
Removed from the synonymy of Dermophis parviceps by Savage and Wake, 2001, Copeia, 2001: 52-64, where it had been placed by Savage and Wake, 1972, Copeia, 1972: 680-695. See note by Savage, 2002, Amph. Rept. Costa Rica: 839.
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