Alsodes nodosus (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
Cystignathus nodosus Duméril and Bibron, 1841, Erp. Gen., 8: 413. Holotype: MNHNP 763 (2 specimens), according to Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 27; see Ortiz and Lescure, 1990 "1989", Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Sect. A, Zool., 11: 117. Type locality: "Valparaiso", Chile.
Pleurodema nodosa — Girard, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 6: 420.
Eusophus nodosus — Cope, 1865, Nat. Hist. Rev., N.S., 5: 113.
Cacotus maculatus Günther, 1869 "1868", Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868: 482. Syntypes: Not designated although noted in BMNH by Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 256; BMNH 1947.2.19.98-99 (formerly 60.9.23.4-5) according to XXX. Type locality: "Chile". Synonymy (with Cystignathus nebulosus) by Cope, 1870 "1869", Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., 11: 168. Synonymy by Cei, 1960, Breviora, 118: 1-13; Cei, 1962, Invest. Zool. Chilen., 8: 25; Lavilla, 1994 "1992", Acta Zool. Lilloana, 42: 78.
Borborocoetes nodosus — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 253.
Borborocoetes maculatus — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 256.
Paludicola muelleri Werner, 1896, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien, 46: 358. Holotype: ZMB, according to XXX. Type locality: "Frutillar in Chile". Synonymy with Paludicola nodosa by Werner, 1898 "1897", Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Suppl., 4: 266. Synonymy by Lavilla, 1994 "1992", Acta Zool. Lilloana, 42: 78.
Paludicola nodosa — Werner, 1898 "1897", Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Suppl., 4: 270.
Paludicola maculata — Werner, 1898 "1897", Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Suppl., 4: 270.
Borborocoetus valdivianus Philippi, 1902, Supl. Batr. Chil. Descr. Hist. Fis. Polit. Chile: 80. Holotype: MNHNC, according to the original publication. Type locality: "cerca del pueblo de Valdivia", Chile. Considered a nomen dubium by Cei, 1958, Invest. Zool. Chilen., 4: 276. Synonymy by Lavilla, 1994 "1992", Acta Zool. Lilloana, 42: 78. (Placed previously in the synonymy of Eupsophus nodosus by Gorham, 1974, Checklist World Amph.: 60.)
Cystignathus? coeruleogriseus Philippi, 1902, Supl. Batr. Chil. Descr. Hist. Fis. Polit. Chile: 97. Holotype: MNHNC, according to the original publication. Type locality: "Valdivia", Chile. Synonymy (with Eupsophus maculatus) by Cei, 1958, Invest. Zool. Chilen., 4: 275. Synonymy by Lavilla, 1994 "1992", Acta Zool. Lilloana, 42: 78. (Placed previously in the synonymy of Eupsophus nodosus by Gorham, 1974, Checklist World Amph.: 60.)
Cystignathus granulatus Philippi, 1902, Supl. Batr. Chil. Descr. Hist. Fis. Polit. Chile: 98. Syntypes: MNHNC (4 specimens), according to the original publication. Type locality: "Andibus prov. Santiago", Chile. Synonymy (with Eupsophus grayii) by Cei, 1958, Invest. Zool. Chilen., 4: 275. Synonymy by Lavilla, 1994 "1992", Acta Zool. Lilloana, 42: 78. (Placed previously in the synonymy of Eupsophus nodosus by Gorham, 1974, Checklist World Amph.: 60.)
Cystignathus cinerascens Philippi, 1902, Supl. Batr. Chil. Descr. Hist. Fis. Polit. Chile: 100. Holotype: MNHNC, according to the original publication. Type locality: "prov. Valdivia", Chile. Synonymy (with Eupsophus grayii) by Cei, 1958, Invest. Zool. Chilen., 4: 275. Synonymy by Lavilla, 1994 "1992", Acta Zool. Lilloana, 42: 78. (Placed previously in the synonymy of Eupsophus nodosus by Gorham, 1974, Checklist World Amph.: 60.)
Cystignathus zebra Philippi, 1902, Supl. Batr. Chil. Descr. Hist. Fis. Polit. Chile: 101. Holotype: MNHNC, according to the original publication. Type locality: "in montibus de Aculeo dictis provinciae Santiago", Chile. Synonymy (with Eupsophus grayii) by Cei, 1958, Invest. Zool. Chilen., 4: 275. Synonymy by Lavilla, 1994 "1992", Acta Zool. Lilloana, 42: 78. (Placed previously in the synonymy of Eupsophus nodosus by Gorham, 1974, Checklist World Amph.: 60.)
Paludicola illotus Barbour, 1922, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 35: 113. Holotype: MCZ 8314, by original designation. Type locality: "the Cordillera west of Mendoza, about 7000 alt., Argentina". Synonymy by Cei, 1976, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Milano, 117: 162; Cei, 1980, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Monogr., 2: 297.
Leptodactylus granulatus — Nieden, 1923, Das Tierreich, 46: 492.
Leptodactylus coeruleogriseus — Nieden, 1923, Das Tierreich, 46: 492.
Leptodactylus cinerascens — Nieden, 1923, Das Tierreich, 46: 492.
Leptodactylus zebra — Nieden, 1923, Das Tierreich, 46: 493.
Borborocoetes kriegi Müller, 1926, Zool. Anz., 65: 195. Holotype: ZSM 141/1925, now lost according to Glaw and Franzen, 2006, Spixiana, München, 29: 171. Type locality: "Valdivia, Chile". Synonymy by Cei, 1960, Breviora, 118: 1-13; Grandison, 1961, Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Zool., 8: 111-149; and Cei, 1962, Invest. Zool. Chilen., 8: 25.
Pleurodema illota — Parker, 1927, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 9, 20: 468.
Eupsophus maculatus — Schmidt, 1954, Lunds Univ. Ärsskrift, N.F., Avd. 2, 49: 5. Cei, 1958, Invest. Zool. Chilen., 4: 275.
Eupsophus kriegi — Capurro-S., 1958, Invest. Zool. Chilen., 4: 293.
Eupsophus illotus — Gallardo, 1962, Rev. Mus. Argent. Cienc. Nat. Bernardino Rivadavia, Cienc. Zool., 8: 116.
Alsodes nodosus — Gallardo, 1970, Neotropica, 16: 83. Formas, 1978, Stud. Neotrop. Fauna Environ., 13: 1.
Alsodes illotus — Gallardo, 1970, Neotropica, 16: 83.
Eupsophus nodosus — Lynch, 1972, Bull. S. California Acad. Sci., 71: 7.
Eupsophus illotus — Lynch, 1972, Bull. S. California Acad. Sci., 71: 7.
English Names
Black Spiny-chest Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 70).
Distribution
Central Chile, 150-1500 m elevation.
Comment
In the Alsodes nodosus group of Formas and Vera, 1983, Copeia, 1983: 1104-1107. See account by Cei, 1962, Batr. Chile: 72-76. Cuevas and Formas, 2005, Amphibia-Reptilia, 26: 40, considered the status of Alsodes illotus to be unclear, implying that it may be distinct. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 618, who rejected its presence in Argentina.
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