Incilius tacanensis (Smith, 1952)
Bufo tacanensis Smith, 1952, Copeia, 1952: 176. Holotype: UMMZ 88359, by original designation. Type locality: "at 1500 meters on Volcán de Tacaná, Unión Juárez, Chiapas, México".
Cranopsis tacanensis — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 364.
Ollotis tacanensis — Frost, Grant, and Mendelson, 2006, Copeia, 2006: 558. by implication.
Incilius tacanensis — Frost, Mendelson, and Pramuk, 2009, Copeia, 2009: 418-419. By implication.
English Names
Volcan Tacana Toad (Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 18; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 43; Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 18).
Distribution
Intermediate elevations along the Pacific versant of extreme eastern Chiapas (Mexico) and western Guatemala.
Comment
See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Bufo tacanensis) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 192. Mendelson, Mulcahy, Williams, and Sites, 2011, Zootaxa, 3138: 1-34, suggested that Incilius tacanensis is a members in an unnamed monophyletic group (the name Incilius alvarius group is availabe-DRF) that includes Incilius alvarius, Incilius occidentalis, Incilius mccoyi, and Incilius tacanensis.
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