Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Phryniscus montevidensis Philippi, 1902, Supl. Batr. Chil. Descr. Hist. Fis. Polit. Chile: 13. Type(s): None designated or known to exist; presumably not in the MNHNC. Type locality: "Montevideo", Uruguay.

Melanophryniscus stelzneri montevidensis — Klappenbach, 1968, Comun. Zool. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, 9: 2.

Melanophryniscus montevidensis — Klappenbach and Langone, 1992, An. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, Ser. 2, 8: 175-176.

English Names

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

Distribution

Coastal region in the departments of Canelones, Maldonado, Montevideo, and Rocha, Uruguay; Barra do Chui, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Comment

In the Melanophryniscus stelzneri group of Cruz and Caramaschi, 2003, Bol. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, N.S., Zool., 500: 1-11. See comment under Melanophryniscus atroluteus. Tedros, Kolenc, and Borteiro, 2001, Cuad. Herpetol., 15: 143, provided the Brazilian record. Langone, 1995 "1994", Mus. Damaso Antonio Larrañaga, Ser. Divulg. 5: 30-31, and Achaval and Olmos, 2003, Anf. Rept. Uruguay, ed. 2: 16, provided for the Uruguayan population a brief account. Maneyro and Kwet, 2008, Stuttgart. Beit. Naturkd., Ser. A, Neue Ser., 1: 95-121, provided comments on range and conservation status. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 196.

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