Proceratophrys goyana (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937)

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

Stombus goyanus Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937, O Campo, 1937: 24. Syntypes: MNRJ 296-97 (4 specimens) according to P. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1955, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 42: 408 (although 6 specimens in original description—DRF); MNRJ 296A designated lectotype by P. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1955, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 42: 408. Type locality: "Veadeiros e rio São Miguel, Goyaz [= Goiás]", Brazil.

Ceratophrys goyanusGorham, 1966, Das Tierreich, 85: 38.

Stombus goianusBokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 92. Incorrect subsequent spelling.

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

English Names

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

Distribution

Known from the type locality (Goiás) and the Distrito Federal, Brazil.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Brazil

Endemic: Brazil

Comment

See comment under Proceratophrys cristiceps. Brandão and Araújo, 2001, in Ribeiro et al. (eds.), Cerrado—Caracterização e Recuperação de Matas de Galeria: 560-604, reported the species in the Distrito Federal, Brazil. Martins and Giaretta, 2013, Zootaxa, 3750: 301-320, described morphology and call. Vaz-Silva, Maciel, Nomura, Morais, Guerra Batista, Santos, Andrade, Oliveira, Brandão, and Bastos, 2020, Guia Ident. Anf. Goiás e Dist. Fed. Brasil Central: 169, provided an account for Goiás and the D.F., Brazil. Santos, Feio, and Nomura, 2023, Biota Neotrop., 23 (3:e20231486): 1–43, characterized Proceratophrys cf. goyana tadpole morphology as part of an identification key to the tadpoles of the Brazilian Cerrado. 

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