Ceratophrys testudo Andersson, 1945
Ceratophrys testudo Andersson, 1945, Ark. Zool., 37A(2): 22. Holotype: NHRM 1912, according to XXX. Type locality: "Rio Pastaza, Watershed", eastern Ecuador.
English Names
Ecuador Horned Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 71).
Distribution
Known only from the type locality (Pastaza headwaters, eastern Ecuador).
Comment
Resurrected from the synonymy of Ceratophrys cornuta by Mercadal de Barrio, 1988, Amphibia-Reptilia, 9: 1-6, where it had been placed by Lynch, 1982, Syst. Zool., 31: 166-179. Diagnostic features discussed by Perí, 1993, Alytes, 11: 107-116.
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