Rhinella alata (Thominot, 1884)
Bufo alatus Thominot, 1884, Bull. Soc. Philomath., Paris, Ser. 7, 8: 151. Holotype: MNHNP 1884.285, according to Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 12. Type locality: "Panama . . . . ŕ Obispo".
Bufo typhonius alatus — Leavitt, 1933, Copeia, 1933: 8. Rivero, 1961, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 126: 31; Barrio-Amorós, 1999 "1998", Acta Biol. Venezuelica, 18: 9.
Bufo alatus — Hoogmoed, 1989, in Fontenet (ed.), Treballs Ictiol. Herpetol., 2: 170.
Bufo alatus — La Marca, 1997, in La Marca (ed.), Vert. Actual. Fosil. Venezuela: 103-120. Lötters and Köhler, 2000, Spixiana, München, 23: 300 (possible recognition); Gorzula and Seńaris, 1999 "1998", Scient. Guaianae, 8: 19.
Rhinella alata — 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.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Distribution poorly documented (see comments); type locality is in Panama and population currently allocated to this name is in Venezuela north of the Orinoco River, possibly in northern Colombia.
Comment
Tentatively placed in the synonymy of Rhinella acutirostris (as Bufo) by Hoogmoed, 1986, in Rocek (ed.), Studies in Herpetol.: 149. Formerly in the synonymy of "Bufo typhonius" according to Boulenger, 1885, Zool. Rec., 21: 17. Suggested to not be conspecific with Bufo acutirostris by Lötters and Köhler, 2000, Spixiana, München, 23: 300; removed from the synonymy of Rhinella acutirostris by Gorzula and Seńaris, 1999 "1998", Scient. Guaianae, 8: 19, who commented on the range in Venezuela. The diagnostic differences between this form and geographically proximate members of Rhinella are not well documented. Barrio-Amorós, 1999 "1998", Acta Biol. Venezuelica, 18: 9, disagreed with the separation of Rhinella alata (as Bufo) by La Marca, 1997, in La Marca (ed.), Vert. Actual. Fosil. Venezuela: 113, and César L. Barrio-Amorós, personal commun., notes that no specifically identified vouchers exist for Venezuela. See comment under Rhinella margaritifera. Hoogmoed, 1989, in Fontenet (ed.), Treballs Ictiol. Herpetol., 2: 170, recognized (as Bufo) Rhinella alata, but thought there a possibility that it is identical with Rhinella acutirostris. Barrio-Amorós, 2004, Rev. Ecol. Latino Am., 9: 3, noted Venezuelan distribution and relevant literature and disagreed with the application of the name alatus to the northern Venezuelan form.
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