Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Bufo inca Stejneger, 1913, Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 45: 541. Holotype: USNM 49557, by original designation. Type locality: "Huadquinia, Peru, about 5,000 feet altitude".

Bufo ockendeni inca — Mertens, 1952, in Titschacke (ed.), Beiträge von Fauna Perus, 3: 259.

Bufo inca — Cei, 1968, Pearce-Sellards Ser., 13: 12.

Chaunus inca — 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.

Rhinella inca — Chaparro, Pramuk, and Gluesenkamp, 2007, Herpetologica, 63: 211. by implication.

English Names

Inca Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 42).

Distribution

Central Peru in the departments of Ayaucho and Cuzco, 900-1900 m elevation.

Comment

Considered distinct by Cei, 1968, Pearce-Sellards Ser., 13: 12, but considered a synonym of Rhinella veraguensis (as Bufo) by Barbour and Noble, 1920, Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 58: 609-620; and Hoogmoed, 1990, in Peters and Hutterer (eds.), Vert. Tropics: 116. Resurrected by Duellman and Schulte, 1992, Copeia, 1992: 162-172, who reported sympatry with Rhinella veraguensis and placed this species in their Bufo veraguensis group.

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