Melanophryniscus cupreuscapularis Céspedez and Alvarez, 2000
Melanophryniscus cupreuscapularis Céspedez and Alvarez, 2000 "1999", FACENA, 15: 59. Holotype: UNNEC 03163, by original designation. Type locality: "Perichon, lugar situado en un área periurbana a 13 km del centro de la ciudad de Corrientes (27° 25′ S, 58° 45′ W), Departamento Capital, provincia de Corrientes, Argentina".
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Known from the vicinity of the type locality in northeastern Corrientes, Argentina, and adjacent extreme southern Paraguay, 50-70 m elevation.
Comment
In the Melanophryniscus stelzneri group according to the original publication and according to Cruz and Caramaschi, 2003, Bol. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, N.S., Zool., 500: 1-11. Céspedez and Motte, 2007, FACENA, 23: 31-42, mapped the distribution in Paraguay. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 612.
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