Lepidobatrachus Budgett, 1899
Lepidobatrachus Budgett, 1899, Q. J. Microsc. Sci., 42: 329. Type species: Lepidobatrachus asper Budgett, 1899, by subsequent designation of Gorham, 1966, Das Tierreich, 85: 125.
English Names
Paraguay Horned Frogs (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 81).
Distribution
Paraguay, Bolivia, and Argentina.
Comment
Tribe Ceratophryini (see comment under Ceratophryinae). Synonymies and review in Cei, 1980, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Monogr., 2: 224-232. See Barrio, 1968, Physis, Buenos Aires, 28: 95-106. Faivovich, 1994, Acta Zool. Lilloana, 43: 105-115, discussed the species' distributions. Reig and Cei, 1963, Physis, Buenos Aires, 24: 181-204, discussed morphometric variation within the genus.
Contained taxa
- Lepidobatrachus asper Budgett, 1899
- Lepidobatrachus laevis Budgett, 1899
- Lepidobatrachus llanensis Reig and Cei, 1963
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