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Published: 2010-08-09
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The identity of Zachaenus roseus Cope, 1890 (Anura: species inquirenda)

Fundación Miguel Lillo, Miguel Lillo 251, 4000 Tucumán, Argentina
Instituto de Zoología, Universidad Austral de Chile. Casilla 567, Valdivia, Chile
Instituto de Zoología, Universidad Austral de Chile. Casilla 567, Valdivia, Chile
Departamento de Herpetología, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Casilla de Correo 399, 11.000, Montevideo, Uruguay
Department of Biology, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA, 23173, USA
Amphibia Eupsophus calcaratus Zachaenus roseus synonymy type locality

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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