Physalaemus olfersii (Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Leptodactylidae > Subfamily: Leiuperinae > Genus: Physalaemus > Species: Physalaemus olfersii

Phryniscus olfersii Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856, Nomencl. Rept. Amph. Mus. Zool. Berol.: 40. Syntypes: ZMB (multiple) and BMNH (1947.2.18.11, formerly 1882.7.17.9, according to museum records, presumably exchanged from ZMB), according to Boulenger, 1887, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 5, 20: 297. ZMB 3375, the surviving ZMB syntype, designated lectotype by Cassini, Cruz, and Caramaschi, 2010, Zootaxa, 2491: 7. Type locality: "Brasilien"; restricted to "Serra do Mar mountain range, from the states of Rio de Janeiro to Sao Paulo", Brazil, by Cassini, Cruz, and Caramaschi, 2010, Zootaxa, 2491: 6.

Phrynidium olfersiCope, 1867, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Ser. 2, 6: 196.

Paludicola olfersiPeters, 1882, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1882: 62.

Physalaemus olfersiParker, 1927, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 9, 20: 464.

English Names

Atlantic Forest Dwarf Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 83).

Distribution

From the municipality of Santa Teresa, state of Espírito Santo, southern region of the state of Minas Gerais to the municipality of São Paulo and central region of the state of São Paulo, in the municipality of Botucatu, Brazil.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Brazil

Endemic: Brazil

Comment

In the Physalaemus olfersii group of Nascimento, Caramaschi, and Cruz, 2005, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 63: 311. See account (including description of advertisement call) by Heyer, Rand, Cruz, Peixoto, and Nelson, 1990, Arq. Zool., São Paulo, 31: 316–317. Cruz, Cassini, and Caramaschi, 2008, S. Am. J. Herpetol., 3: 242, suggested that the taxon is a species complex. Giaretta, Martins, and Santos, 2009, Zootaxa, 2266: 51–60, compared the calls of Physalaemus olfersi, Physalaemus moreirae, Physalaemus bokermanni, and Physalaemus jordanensis, and described the tadpole. Species redelimited and discussed by Cassini, Cruz, and Caramaschi, 2010, Zootaxa, 2491: 1–33. In the Physalaemus cuvieri clade, Physalaemus olfersii species group, of Lourenço, Targueta, Baldo, Nascimento, Garcia, Andrade, Haddad, and Recco-Pimentel, 2015, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 92: 204–216. Carvalho, Haddad, and Gridi-Papp, 2019, Acta Herpetol., Firenze, 14: 21–26, reported on tonal calls. Hepp and Pombal, 2020, Zootaxa, 4725: 1–106, discussed this species as part of a genus-wide discussion of bioacoustical traits among the species.  

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