Rhinella achalensis (Cei, 1972)
Bufo achalensis Cei, 1972, Acta Zool. Lilloana, 29: 237. Holotype: IBAUNC 1284/3, by original designation. Type locality: "Pampa de Achala, Sierra Grande, Córdoba, 2200 m", Argentina.
Chaunus achalensis — 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. 4; Savage and Bolaños, 2009, Zootaxa, 2005: 4. By implication.
Rhinella achalensis — Chaparro, Pramuk, and Gluesenkamp, 2007, Herpetologica, 63: 211. by implication.
English Names
Cordoba Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 40).
Distribution
Pampa de Achala (Córdoba Province), Sierra de Comechingones (Córdoba and Rio Cuatro departments) and La Carolina (San Luis Department), Argentina, at elevations of about 1600-1800 m.
Comment
See account by Cei, 1980, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Monogr., 2: 169-171. See Lavilla and Cei, 2001, Monogr. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino, 28: 21, for discussion of range. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status (as Bufo achalensis) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 610-611.
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