Discodeles bufoniformis (Boulenger, 1884)
Rana bufoniformis Boulenger, 1884, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1884: 210. Holotype: BMNH 1947.2.1.85 (formerly 84.3.24.1) according to W.C. Brown in Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 459. Type locality: "Treasury Island", Solomon Islands.
Rana (Discodeles) bufoniformis — Boulenger, 1918, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 9, 1: 239.
Discodeles bufoniformis — Noble, 1931, Biol. Amph.: 523. By implication.
Rana bufoniformis bufoniformis — Hediger, 1934, Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Abt. Syst., 65: 484.
English Names
Treasury Island Webbed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 98).
Warty Webbed Frog (Pikacha, Morrison, and Richards, 2008, Frogs Solomon Islands: 37).
Distribution
Throughout the Solomon Islands, except for Guadalcanal and San Cristobal.
Comment
See comment under Discodeles opisthodon. See account by Brown, 1952, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 107: 37-39. Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 81, provided a brief account as did Pikacha, Morrison, and Richards, 2008, Frogs Solomon Islands: 37-38.
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