Proceratophrys boiei (Wied-Neuwied, 1824)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Odontophrynidae > Genus: Proceratophrys > Species: Proceratophrys boiei

Ceratophrys boiei Wied-Neuwied, 1824, Isis von Oken, 14: 673. Types: Not designated, although presumably including animal figured by Wied-Neuwied, 1829, Abbild. Naturgesch. Brasil., Heft 13: pl. 47, fig. 1-2. Wied-Neuwied, 1825, Beitr. Naturgesch. Brasil., 1: 592, noted 2 specimens, of which RMNH 24109 is considered to be a surviving syntype and this specimen was designated lectotype by Hoogmoed, 1990, Zool. Meded., Leiden, 63: 267-273. Type locality: "Brasilien"; given as "Bahia" and "Rio de Janeiro", Brazil by Wied-Neuwied, 1825, Beitr. Naturgesch. Brasil., 1: 592. Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 25, restricted the type locality to "Rio de Janeiro, Guanabara [now Rio de Janeiro]", Brazil, but this restriction has no nomenclatural status and the lectotype is from Bahia, Brazil.

Stombus bojeiGravenhorst, 1829, Delic. Mus. Zool. Vratislav., 1: 50. Sturm, 1828, Deutschl. Fauna, Amph.: 309.

Ceratophris granosa Cuvier, 1829, Regne Animal., Ed. 2, 2: 107. Holotype: Not stated; stated to be specimen figured on plate 26, number 2, in Guérin-Méneville, 1838, Icon. Regne Animal, 3, by XXX. By museum records, MNHNP 0.691 is a syntype. Type locality: not stated; given as "l'Amérique méridional" by Guérin-Méneville, 1838, Icon. Regne Animal, 3: 16. Synonymy by Wagler, 1830, Nat. Syst. Amph.: 204; Duméril and Bibron, 1841, Erp. Gen., 6: 437; Günther, 1859 "1858", Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus.: 24; Steindachner, 1867, Reise Österreichischen Fregatte Novara, Zool., Amph.: 28; Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 223.

Rana (Ceratophris) granosaGuérin-Méneville, 1838, Icon. Regne Animal, 3: 16.

Stombus granosusFitzinger, 1861 "1860", Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Phys. Math. Naturwiss. Kl., 42: 415.

Ceratophrys bojeiReinhardt and Lütken, 1862 "1861", Vidensk. Medd. Dansk Naturhist. Foren., Ser. 2, 3: 157. Incorrect subsequent spelling.

Ceratophrys fryi Günther, 1873, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 4, 11: 417. Holotype: BMNH, by original designation. Noted as BMNH 29 by Prado and Pombal, 2008, Arq. Zool., São Paulo, 39: 32, who figured the specimen. Type locality: "Serra da Mantiqueira, Minas Geraes", Brazil. Synonymy by Prado and Pombal, 2008, Arq. Zool., São Paulo, 39: 27, 32.

Ceratophrys dorsata boieiGadow, 1901, Amphibia and Reptiles: 215.

Ceratophrys intermedia Barbour, 1908, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 51: 323. Holotype: MCZ 2254, by original designation. Type locality: "Santa Katarina, Brazil". Synonymy by Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 26; Hoogmoed, 1990, Zool. Meded., Leiden, 63: 270.

Stombus fryiMiranda-Ribeiro, 1920, Rev. Mus. Paulista, São Paulo, 12: 302. Reig and Limeses, 1963, Physis, Buenos Aires, 24: 114.

Ceratophrys boieiMiranda-Ribeiro, 1920, Rev. Mus. Paulista, São Paulo, 12: 292.

Stombus boieiMiranda-Ribeiro, 1920, Rev. Mus. Paulista, São Paulo, 12: 302. Reig and Limeses, 1963, Physis, Buenos Aires, 24: 114.

Stombus intermediusMiranda-Ribeiro, 1926, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 27: 123.

Stombus boieiLutz, 1954, Mem. Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, 52: 227.

Proceratophrys boieiLynch, 1971, Misc. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 53: 134.

Proceratophrys fryiLynch, 1971, Misc. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 53: 134.

English Names

Bioe's Frog (Cochran, 1961, Living Amph. World: 89; Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 91).

White-faced Horned Frog (Griffith in Cuvier, 1831, Animal Kingdom (Griffith), 9: pl. facing page 395).

Bahia Smooth Horned Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 84).

Fry's Smooth Horned Frog (Proceratophrys fryi [no longer recognized]: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 84).

Distribution

Southern Espírito Santo, southern Minas Gerais and western state of Rio de Janeiro through southern São Paulo, and eastern Paraná, to eastern Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Brazil

Endemic: Brazil

Comment

See account by Heyer, Rand, Cruz, Peixoto, and Nelson, 1990, Arq. Zool., São Paulo, 31: 317-318. Izecksohn and Carvalho-e-Silva, 2001, Anf. Municipio Rio de Janeiro: 87, provided a brief account and photo. Canelas and Bertoluci, 2007, Iheringia, Zool., 97: 21-26, provided a record for the Serra do Caraça, southern end of the Serra do Espinhaço, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Brusquetti and Lavilla, 2006, Cuad. Herpetol., 20: 23, suggested that Paraguayan records of this species are based on misidentified Proceratophrys avelinoi. See account (as Ceratophrys fryi) by Cochran, 1955 "1954", Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 206: 230-232. See discussion in revision by Prado and Pombal, 2008, Arq. Zool., São Paulo, 39: 1-85. Carnaval and Bates, 2007, Evolution, 61: 2942-2957, discussed molecular phylogeography. Amaro, Rodrigues, Yonenaga-Yassuda, and Carnaval, 2012, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 62: 880–888, also discussed molecular phylogeography, suggested that two morphologically indistinguishable lineages can be detected via molecular markers. Dias, Carvalho-e-Silva, and Carvalho-e-Silva, 2013, Zootaxa, 3683: 427–438, reported on the morphology of the larval chondrocranium. Rodriguez, Börner, Pabijan, Gehara, Haddad, and Vences, 2015, Evol. Ecol., 29: 765–785 (and supplemental data), reported on phylogeographic diversity and its causes. Eterovick, Souza, and Sazima, 2020, Anf. Serra do Cipó: 1–292, provided an account, life history information, and an identification scheme for the Serra de Cipó, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Pezzuti, Leite, Rossa-Feres, and Garcia, 2021, S. Am. J. Herpetol., 22 (Special Issue): 1–109, described and discussed larval morphology and natural history. Santos, Feio, and Nomura, 2023, Biota Neotrop., 23 (3:e20231486): 1–43, characterized tadpole morphology as part of an identification key to the tadpoles of the Brazilian Cerrado.  

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