Discodeles vogti (Hediger, 1934)
Rana ventricosus Vogt, 1912, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1912: 8. Holotype: Deposition not stated; presumably SMF. Type locality: "Lambussa" (= Rambutyo) Island, Admiralty Islands. Junior primary homonym of Rana ventricosa Linnaeus, 1758 (= Bufo bufo).
Rana (Discodeles) ventricosa — Van Kampen, 1923, Amph. Indo-Austral. Arch.: 186.
Rana vogti Hediger, 1934, Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Abt. Syst., 65: 485. Replacement name for Rana ventricosus Vogt, 1912.
Discodeles ventricosus — Brown, 1952, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 107: 36. Ascribed to Vogt, 1912.
Discodeles vogti — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 131. Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 313.
English Names
Admiralty Island Webbed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 98).
Distribution
Rambutyo Island, Admiralty Islands.
Comment
Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 83, provided a brief account (as Discodeles ventricosus).
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