The identity of the Chilean Amphibians collected by the United States exploring expedition
Author
Lavilla, Esteban O.
Author
Rabanal, Felipe E.
Author
Langone, José A.
Author
Vásquez, Dayana
Author
Castro-Carrasco, Camila
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-03-14
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4567.1.11
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Cystignathus nebulosus
Girard, 1853
(Figs. 5–6)
The original description was based on an unknown number of specimens. The explicited character states (
Girard 1853
;
1858a
) have led various authors to include it in the synonymies of what we know today as
Alsodes nodosus
or
Batrachyla taeniata
, as indicated in the Introduction. We support here the latest available contribution, the unpublished doctoral thesis by
Cuevas (2013)
, who considers
Cystignathus nebulosus
as a junior synonym of
Alsodes nodosus
, based on the detailed redescription and the figures presented by
Girard (1858a
,
b
, pl. III, figs. 19– 23), and the striking similitudes between the figures 5 and 6.