The Identity of \u3cem\u3eZachaenus roseus\u3c/em\u3e Cope, 1890 (Anura: \u3cem\u3eSpecies Inquirenda\u3c/em\u3e)

  • Lavilla, Esteban O.
  • Nuñez, J. J.
  • Rabanal, F. E.
  • Langone, José A.
  • de Sá, Rafael O.
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Publication date
August 2010
Publisher
UR Scholarship Repository
Language
English

Abstract

Zachaenus roseus Cope, 1890, has puzzled systematists working in southern South America. A single individual, the holotype, has ever been collected and this specimen is in extremely poor preservation condition. Herein, the precise location of the type locality of Z. roseus is determined based on a historical review of the literature. Furthermore, following a careful comparison with all species that inhabit the southern austral forest, and that could potentially correspond to Zachaenus roseus, we conclude that this taxon is placed in the synonymy of Eupsophus calcaratus (Günther, 1881

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