Rhinella nesiotes (Duellman and Toft, 1979)
Bufo nesiotes Duellman and Toft, 1979, Herpetologica, 35: 62. Holotype: KU 154920, by original designation. Type locality: "Laguna, west slope of Serranía de Sira, 1280 m, Departamento Huánuco, Perú".
Chaunus nesiotes — 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 nesiotes — Chaparro, Pramuk, and Gluesenkamp, 2007, Herpetologica, 63: 205.
English Names
Laguna Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 42).
Distribution
Known only from the vicinity of the type locality in the Serranía de Sira, Huánuco, Peru, 600-2000 m elevation.
Comment
Not assignable to species group and possibly not a Bufo (sensu lato), according to Hoogmoed, 1990, in Peters and Hutterer (eds.), Vert. Tropics: 114. Considered a member of the Bufo veraguensis group by Duellman and Schulte, 1992, Copeia, 1992: 162-172. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Bufo nesiotes) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 188.
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