Pelodytes atlanticus Díaz-Rodríguez, Gehara, Márquez, Vences, Gonçalves, Sequeira, Martínez-Solano, and Tejedo, 2017

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Pelodytidae > Genus: Pelodytes > Species: Pelodytes atlanticus

Pelodytes atlanticus Díaz-Rodríguez, Gehara, Márquez, Vences, Gonçalves, Sequeira, Martínez-Solano, and Tejedo, 2017, Zootaxa, 4243: 25. Holotype: EBD 34645, by original designaiton. Type locality: "Mindelo Ornithological Reserve, Mindelo, Porto, Portugal. Geo. coord: 41.318539, -8.737131." Zoobank publication registration: CE502CF7-6F19-43A2-AD79-15DBE777E28B

English Names

Lusitanian Parsley Frog (Dufresnes, 2019, Amph. Eur., N. Afr., & Middle East: 49).

Distribution

Restricted to Portugal, comprising the central-eastern part of the country (Alto Alentejo), and coastal areas from Faro to Sagres in the Algarve, and from Cape of São Vicente to Cavado River, Esposende. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Portugal

Endemic: Portugal

Comment

See comments under Pelodytes punctatus for possible relevant literature. See Dufresnes, 2019, Amph. Eur., N. Afr., & Middle East: 48, for brief summary of identifying morphology, range map, and biology as well as a photograph. Dufresnes, Pribille, Alard, Gonçalves, Amat, Crochet, Dubey, Perrin, Fumagalli, Vences, and Martínez-Solano, 2020, Heredity, 124: 423–438, discussed the evidence for species delimitation and the narrow zone of hybridization with Pelodytes ibericus.

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