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<emphasis id="B905EAC8FFE0FFA824FBFCA0FED0FCBF" bold="true" box="[151,298,823,849]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Rana viridis</emphasis>
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The plate 671 of
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shows his
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<emphasis id="B905EAC8FFE0FFA826DEFC17FCB2FC77" box="[690,840,896,921]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Rana viridis</emphasis>
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or “Grenouille verte”. For the reasons discussed above in the
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, we consider that the generic nomen
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is simply that of
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. The plate shows an apparently adult specimen (presumably male) on land, a male and a female
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in water, and a tadpole in water. These specimens are altogether symphoronts (
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) of this nominal species. In order to avoid potential ambiguities due to the fact that the tadpole cannot be allocated to a species or even to a genus, we hereby designate the female specimen shown in amplexus, now lost, as the lectophoront (
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) of the nomen
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<emphasis id="B905EAC8FFE0FFA82636FBF7FD10FB97" box="[602,746,1120,1145]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Rana viridis</emphasis>
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. The drawings on this plate are not of good quality, especially if compared with other drawings of Garsault, but nevertheless they clearly apply to the group of “green frogs” or “water frogs”, currently referred to
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(family
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), a taxon considered by some (e.g.,
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,
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,
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2005
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;
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) as a subgenus of
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<emphasis id="B905EAC8FFE0FFA825A5FB62FDF6FAE0" box="[457,524,1269,1294]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Rana</emphasis>
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, and by others (e.g.,
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Fei
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1990
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;
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Frost
<emphasis id="B905EAC8FFE0FFA82165FB62FAB1FAE0" box="[1289,1355,1269,1294]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">et al.</emphasis>
2006
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;
<bibRefCitation id="EFE04B2BFFE0FFA824FBFA8DFE13FADA" author="Speybroeck" box="[151,489,1306,1332]" pageId="26" pageNumber="45" refString="Speybroeck, J. &amp; Crochet, P. - A. (2007) Species list of the European herpetofauna - a tentative update. Podarcis, 8 (1 - 2), 8 - 34." type="journal article" year="2007">Speybroeck &amp; Crochet 2007</bibRefCitation>
; Lescure 2008;
<bibRefCitation id="EFE04B2BFFE0FFA826CFFA8DFC99FADA" author="Bour" box="[675,867,1306,1332]" lastPageId="26" lastPageNumber="37" pageId="26" pageNumber="36" refString="Bour, R., Cheylan, M., Crochet, P. - A., Geniez, P., Guyetant, R., Haffner, P., Ineich, I., Naulleau, G., Ohler, A. - M &amp; Lescure, J. (2008) Liste taxinomique actualisee des Amphibiens et Reptiles de France. Bulletin de la Societe herpetologique de France, 126, 37 - 43." type="journal article" year="2008">
Bour
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2008
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) as a distinct genus.
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Two taxa of green frogs at least were present in the Paris region in historical times. The first one is a species, currently known as
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<emphasis id="B905EAC8FFE0FFA8259EFAF2FD16FA90" box="[498,748,1381,1406]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Pelophylax lessonae</emphasis>
(
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)
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, and the second one is a klepton (see
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;
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Dubois 2008
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,
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2009
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), currently known as
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<emphasis id="B905EAC8FFE0FFA827B2FA1CFB9CFA4A" box="[990,1126,1419,1444]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Pelophylax</emphasis>
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kl.
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(
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). Other taxa of green frogs, including
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<emphasis id="B905EAC8FFE0FFA826DFFA27FC30FA27" box="[691,970,1456,1481]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Pelophylax ridibundus</emphasis>
(
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)
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and triploid hybrids of uncertain taxonomic status (
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,
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), were found in this region in the recent decades, but they might result from transportation and introduction by man, so it seems more reasonable and preferable to consider that the frogs observed by
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belonged in one of the first two taxa listed above.
</paragraph>
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Although simple morphometric characters measured on specimens allow a good distinction between the two taxa
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and
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<emphasis id="B905EAC8FFE0FFA825D1F9FCFDD9F96A" box="[445,547,1643,1668]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">lessonae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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,
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,
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), they cannot be applied here because the frogs shown on the figure stand at an oblique angle, and cannot be measured even roughly, not been orthogonal relative to the observer (see
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Hayek
<emphasis id="B905EAC8FFE0FFA82651F922FD83F920" box="[573,633,1717,1742]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">et al.</emphasis>
2001
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). Nevertheless, the hind legs of the three adults shown in this plate appear rather long, more similar to those of
<emphasis id="B905EAC8FFE0FFA82690F94CFC86F91A" box="[764,892,1755,1780]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">esculentus</emphasis>
than those of
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<emphasis id="B905EAC8FFE0FFA82041F94CFB6CF91A" box="[1069,1174,1755,1780]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">lessonae</emphasis>
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. Besides, the spotted dorsums of the two males remind more
<emphasis id="B905EAC8FFE0FFA82614F897FD0FF8F7" box="[632,757,1792,1817]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">esculentus</emphasis>
than breeding males of
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<emphasis id="B905EAC8FFE0FFA82075F897FB7AF8F7" box="[1049,1152,1792,1817]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">lessonae</emphasis>
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which usually are little spotted. Finally, the amplecting female shows no dark lines on the flanks, whereas such lines are usually wellmarked in
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<emphasis id="B905EAC8FFE0FFA8257AF8DCFE81F88A" box="[278,379,1867,1892]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">lessonae</emphasis>
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females. These characters tend to support allocation of the nomen
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<emphasis id="B905EAC8FFE0FFA820FBF8DCFAD3F88A" box="[1175,1321,1867,1892]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Rana viridis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFE04B2BFFE0FFA8215DF8DDFF28F864" author="Garsault" pageId="26" pageNumber="40" refString="Garsault, F. A. P. de (1764) Les Figures des plantes et animaux d'usage en medecine, decrits dans la Matiere Medicale de Mr. Geoffroy Medecin. Paris, [i - v] + 1 - 20, pl. 644 - 729." type="book chapter" year="1764">Garsault, 1764</bibRefCitation>
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to the synonymy of
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<emphasis id="B905EAC8FFE0FFA825A4F8E7FD87F867" box="[456,637,1904,1929]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Rana esculenta</emphasis>
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. The last character mentioned is probably the most reliable one, which explains our choice of lectophoront.
</paragraph>
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There is a second reason for adopting this interpretation. If this nomen was referred to the synonymy of
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<emphasis id="B905EAC8FFE1FFA924FBFF0FFEB1FF5F" box="[151,331,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Rana esculenta</emphasis>
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var.
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, it would have priority over the latter, that has been in wide use in the literature in hundreds of publications. Validation of the latter nomen would then require to make use of Article 23.9.1 of the
<emphasis id="B905EAC8FFE1FFA925E6FF75FE32FF15" box="[394,456,226,251]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Code</emphasis>
. On the other hand, if
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<emphasis id="B905EAC8FFE1FFA926BCFF75FC9BFF15" box="[720,865,226,251]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Rana viridis</emphasis>
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is sunk in the synonymy of
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<emphasis id="B905EAC8FFE1FFA92132FF75FEFDFECF" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Rana esculenta</emphasis>
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, it does not create any nomenclatural problem. So we here adopt provisionally the latter solution. This allows to place this nomen in synonymy, but it is provisional as based only on interpretations that could be challenged by other colleagues. In order for it to become definitive, a female specimen of
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<emphasis id="B905EAC8FFE1FFA92558FEEFFE47FE7F" box="[308,445,376,401]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Pelophylax</emphasis>
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kl.
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from the Paris region will have to be described and designated as neophoront of
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<emphasis id="B905EAC8FFE1FFA9252FFE0AFE29FE58" box="[323,467,413,438]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Rana viridis</emphasis>
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.
</paragraph>
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The nomen
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<emphasis id="B905EAC8FFE1FFA92539FE55FE1DFE35" box="[341,487,450,475]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Rana viridis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFE04B2BFFE1FFA92583FE55FD64FE32" author="Garsault" box="[495,670,450,476]" pageId="27" pageNumber="40" refString="Garsault, F. A. P. de (1764) Les Figures des plantes et animaux d'usage en medecine, decrits dans la Matiere Medicale de Mr. Geoffroy Medecin. Paris, [i - v] + 1 - 20, pl. 644 - 729." type="book chapter" year="1764">Garsault, 1764</bibRefCitation>
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is a senior hadromonym (primary homonym) and doxisonym of
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<emphasis id="B905EAC8FFE1FFA924FBFE7FFEDCFDEF" box="[151,294,488,513]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Rana viridis</emphasis>
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, an invalid junior isonym of
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<emphasis id="B905EAC8FFE1FFA927F1FE7FFBABFDEF" box="[925,1105,488,513]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Rana esculenta</emphasis>
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(see
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: 160).
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