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Alsodes vittatus (Philippi, 1902)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Alsodidae > Genus: Alsodes

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Cystignathus vittatus Philippi, 1902, Supl. Batr. Chil. Descr. Hist. Fis. Polit. Chile: 103. Syntypes: MNHNC (3 specimens), according to the original publication. Type locality: "de la hacienda de San Ignacio de Pemehue", Chile.

Leptodactylus vittatus — Nieden, 1923, Das Tierreich, 46: 493.

Eupsophus vittatus — Donoso-Barros, 1976, Arch. Biol. Med. Experim., Univ. Chile, 10: 50.

Alsodes vittatus — Formas, 1989, Bol. Soc. Biol. Concepción, 60: 123-127.

English Names

Malleco Spiny-chest Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 70).

Distribution

Known definitely only from San Ignacio de Pemehue, Provincia Malleco, Chile.

Comment

Transferred to Alsodes by Formas, 1989, Bol. Soc. Biol. Concepcion, 60: 123-127, who distinguished it from Eupsophus vertebralis.

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