Oreobates heterodactylus (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937)
Teletrema heterodactylum Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937, O Campo, 8: 67. Syntypes: MNRJ 206 (2 specimens); MNRJ 206A designated lectotype by Miranda-Ribeiro, 1955, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 42: 411; specimen noted as MNRJ 106A by Padial, Chaparro, and De la Riva, 2008, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 152: 758. Type locality: "Matto-Grosso—Cáceres", Mato Grosso, Brazil. Emended to "Gruta Fazendinha, Cáceres, Mato Grosso", Brazil by Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 93.
Eleutherodactylus heterodactylus — Myers, 1962, Copeia, 1962: 198.
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) heterodactylus — Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 225.
"Eleutherodactylus" heterodactylus — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: 3.
Oreobates heterodactylus — Padial, Chaparro, and De la Riva, 2008, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 152: 758.
English Names
Caceres Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 75).
Distribution
Only known from three localities in the semideciduous forest of the Precambrian Brazilian Shield of western Brazil and eastern Bolivia.
Comment
Not assigned to species group by Lynch, 1968, Copeia, 1968: 875-876. In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) binotatus series, Eleutherodactylus binotatus group of Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 225. See discussion of this species by Heyer and Muñoz, 1999, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 112: 1-18. Padial and De la Riva, 2005, J. Herpetol., 39: 372-379, provided a new record in eastern Bolivia, and discussed the arguable relationships of this taxon. Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 104: 10092-10097, removed this species from nominal Eleutherodactylus but did not provide a new generic name. See account by Padial, Chaparro, and De la Riva, 2008, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 152: 758-755. Padial, Chaparro, Castroviejo-Fisher, Guayasamin, Lehr, Delgado, Vaira, Teixeira, Aguayo-Vedia, and De la Riva, 2012, Am. Mus. Novit., 3752: 30, implied that this nominal species may be a synonym of Oreobates crepitans once geographic variation is assessed.
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