Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Bufo peltocephalus Tschudi, 1838, Classif. Batr.: 52, 89. Holotype: MNHNP 4989, according to Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 15. Type locality: Cuba; restricted to "vicinity of Santiago de Cuba, Oriente [now Santiago de Cuba] Province, Cuba" by Schwartz, 1960, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 73: 47.

Peltophryne peltocephalus — Fitzinger, 1843, Syst. Rept.: 32. 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: 365.

Peltaphryne peltocephalus — Gundlach, 1880, Contr. Erpetol. Cubana: 83.

Peltophryne peltocephala — Pregill, 1981, Copeia, 1981: 273.

Bufo peltocephalus — Hedges, 1996, in Powell and Henderson (eds.), Contr. W. Indian Herpetol.: 100. by implication; Pramuk, 2000, J. Herpetol., 34: 334.

English Names

Tschudi's Caribbean Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 45).

Cuban Toad (Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 44).

Distribution

Lowlands and moderate elevations from the central region to extreme eastern Cuba, including the Santa María, Coco, Parédon Grande, Romano, Guajaba and Sabinal keys, 0-800 m elevation.

Comment

See comments under Peltophryne fustiger and Peltophryne empusa. Díaz and Cadíz, 2008, Guía Taxon. Anf. Cuba, 4: 1-294, provided an account, as Bufo peltocephalus.

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