Discodeles opisthodon (Boulenger, 1884)
Rana opisthodon Boulenger, 1884, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1884: 211. Syntypes: BMNH 1947.2.28.27 (formerly 84.3.24.3), 1947.2.1.89-91 (formerly 84.3.24.4-6) according to W.C. Brown in Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 459. Type localities: "Faro Island" and "Treasury Island", Solomon Islands.
Rana (Discodeles) opisthodon — Boulenger, 1918, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 9, 1: 238.
Discodeles opisthodon — Brown, 1952, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 107: 42.
English Names
Faro Webbed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 98).
Faro Island Webbed Frog (Pikacha, Morrison, and Richards, 2008, Frogs Solomon Islands: 42).
Distribution
Bougainville, Fauro, Kolombangara, and San Cristobal in the Solomon Islands, but probably more widely distributed.
Comment
Removed from the synonymy of Discodeles bufoniformis by Brown, 1952, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 107: 41, where it had been placed by Barbour, 1921, Proc. New England Zool. Club, 7: 98. Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 82, provided a brief account as did Pikacha, Morrison, and Richards, 2008, Frogs Solomon Islands: 42.
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