Melanophryniscus rubriventris (Vellard, 1947)
Atelopus rubriventris Vellard, 1947, Acta Zool. Lilloana, 4: 115. Holotype: FML 173/1, according to Hayward, 1963, Acta Zool. Lilloana, 19: 507. Type locality: "San Andrés, Dpto. Orán, province de Salta", Argentina.
Dendrophryniscus rubriventris — Cei, 1956, Invest. Zool. Chilen., 3: 64.
Melanophryniscus rubriventris — McDiarmid, 1971, Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 12: 41. McDiarmid, 1972, Physis, Buenos Aires, 31: 20.
Melanophryniscus rubriventris rubriventris — Laurent, 1973, Acta Zool. Lilloana, 26: 317-336.
Melanophryniscus rubriventris toldosensis Laurent, 1973, Acta Zool. Lilloana, 26: 326. Holotype: FML 01706, by original designation. Type locality: "Los Toldos, Prov. de Salta", Argentina.
Melanophryniscus rubriventris subconcolor Laurent, 1973, Acta Zool. Lilloana, 26: 328. Holotype: FML 01903, by original designation; listed as FML 01704 by Lavilla, 1994 "1992", Acta Zool. Lilloana, 42: 68. Type locality: "Abra de la Sierra, Prov. de Salta", Argentina.
English Names
Yungas Redbelly Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 44).
Distribution
Salta and Jujuy provinces, northern Argentina and temperate interandean valleys of southern Bolivia.
Comment
Transferred to Melanophryniscus from Atelopus by McDiarmid, 1972, Physis, Buenos Aires, 31: 15-21. For discussion and subspecies see Laurent, 1973, Acta Zool. Lilloana, 26: 317-334, and Cei, 1980, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Monogr., 2: 205-207. Vaira, 2002, Cuad. Herpetol., 16: 151-163, discussed geographic variation and range. In the Melanophryniscus stelzneri group of Cruz and Caramaschi, 2003, Bol. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, N.S., Zool., 500: 1-11.
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