Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Rhinella martyi Fouquet, Gaucher, Blanc, and Vélez-Rodriguez, 2007, Zootaxa, 1663: 21. Holotype: MNHNP 2006.2601, by original designation. Type locality: "Brownsberg Nature Park, Suriname, Brokopondo district (4°56′N/55°10′W), 510 m above sea level".

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Most of Surinam including Brownsberg Nature Park, Goliathberg area, Lely mountains, Kaysergebergte, Sipaliwini and Raleighvallen; in southern French Guiana and from Guyana (Bartica, Kurupukari and Baramita); probably also in adjacent areas of Brazil and may extend into northeastern Venezuela

Comment

In the Rhinella margaritifera group according to the original publication. In a confusing note Avila-Pires, Hoogmoed, and Rocha, Bol. Mus. Parense Emilio Goeldi, Cienc. Nat., 5: 64, placed this taxon as a synonym of Rhinella (as Bufo) margaritifer, citing that the naming of Rhinella martyi was based on several misapprehensions. Avila-Pires, Hoogmoed, and Rocha, Bol. Mus. Parense Emilio Goeldi, Cienc. Nat., 5: 64, designated the illustrated frogs in Seba, 1734, Locuplet. Rer. Nat. Thesaur. Descript. Icon. Exp. Univ. Phys. Hist., 1: pl. 71, fig. 6, 7, as lectotypes of Rana margaritifera (which Avila-Pires et al., 2010, suggested was not seperable from suggested was not separable from Rhinella martyi, although these animals as figured are not separable from most species of Rhinella of the Rhinella margaritifera group and remain of very vague geographical origin), rejected via authoritarian decree evidence that Rhinella martyi is distinct. Until evidence beyond personal opinion is presented I retain Rhinella martyi in this catalogue (DRF). See account for Surinam population by Ouboter and Jairam, 2012, Amph. Suriname: 70-73.

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