Batrachyla leptopus Bell, 1843

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Batrachylidae > Genus: Batrachyla > Species: Batrachyla leptopus

Batrachyla leptopus Bell, 1843, Zool. Voyage Beagle, Part 5: 43. Holotype: BMNH 1947.2.16.96 (formerly 1845.5.25.29), according to A.G.C. Grandison in Cannatella, 1985, in Frost (ed.), Amph. Species World: 262. Type locality: "Valdivia", Chile

Batrachyla leptopodus Guichenot, 1848, in Gay (ed.), Hist. Fis. Polit. Chile, Zool., 2: 114. Error for Batrachyla leptopus Bell, 1843.

Hylodes (Batrachyla) leptopusCope, 1862, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 14: 153.

Hylodes leptopusCunningham, 1871, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 27: 468; Günther, 1859 "1858", Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus.: 93.

Hilodes chonotica Philippi, 1902, Supl. Batr. Chil. Descr. Hist. Fis. Polit. Chile: 54. Types: MNHNC, according to the original publication. Type locality: "insulis Chonos", Chile. Considered a nomen dubium by Nieden, 1923, Das Tierreich, 46: 467. Misspelling of generic name. Synonymy by Cei, 1958, Invest. Zool. Chilen., 4: 275; provisional synonymy by Gorham, 1966, Das Tierreich, 85: 34.

Hylodes melanogastra Philippi, 1902, Supl. Batr. Chil. Descr. Hist. Fis. Polit. Chile: 56. Holotype: MNHNC, according to the original publication. Type locality: "parte orientali insulae Chiloe", Chile. Considered a nomen dubium by Nieden, 1923, Das Tierreich, 46: 467. Synonymy by Cei, 1958, Invest. Zool. Chilen., 4: 275; provisional synonymy by Gorham, 1966, Das Tierreich, 85: 34.

Hylodes brevipes Philippi, 1902, Supl. Batr. Chil. Descr. Hist. Fis. Polit. Chile: 58. Holotype: MNHNC according to the original publication. Type locality: "oriental insulae Chiloé", Chile. Considered a nomen dubium by Nieden, 1923, Das Tierreich, 46: 467. Synonymy by Cei, 1958, Invest. Zool. Chilen., 4: 275. Provisional synonymy by Gorham, 1966, Das Tierreich, 85: 34.

Hylodes macromeros Philippi, 1902, Supl. Batr. Chil. Descr. Hist. Fis. Polit. Chile: 59. Syntypes: MNHNC (3 specimens), according to the original publication. Type locality: unknown (presumably Chile). Considered a nomen dubium by Nieden, 1923, Das Tierreich, 46: 467. Provisional synonymy by Cei, 1958, Invest. Zool. Chilen., 4: 275; Gorham, 1966, Das Tierreich, 85: 34.

Hylodes fitzingeri Philippi, 1902, Supl. Batr. Chil. Descr. Hist. Fis. Polit. Chile: 62. Syntypes: MNHNC (2 specimens), according to the original publication. Type locality: "privincia Valdivia ad flumen Pelmaiquén", Chile. Preoccupied by Hylodes fitzingeri Schmidt, 1857. Considered a nomen dubium by Nieden, 1923, Das Tierreich, 46: 467. Synonymy by Cei, 1958, Invest. Zool. Chilen., 4: 275; provisional synonymy by Gorham, 1966, Das Tierreich, 85: 34. Junior homonym of Hylodes fitzingeri Schmidt, 1857 (= Craugastor fitzingeri).

Hylodes stenocephala Philippi, 1902, Supl. Batr. Chil. Descr. Hist. Fis. Polit. Chile: 63. Syntypes: MNHNC (2 specimens), according to the original publication. Type locality: "Concepcion", Chile. Considered a nomen dubium by Nieden, 1923, Das Tierreich, 46: 467. Synonymy by Cei, 1958, Invest. Zool. Chilen., 4: 275. Provisional synonym of Gorham, 1966, Das Tierreich, 85: 34.

Hylodes cardioglossa Philippi, 1902, Supl. Batr. Chil. Descr. Hist. Fis. Polit. Chile: 64. Holotype: MNHNC, according to the original publication. Type locality: "insula Chiloé", Chile. Considered a nomen dubium by Nieden, 1923, Das Tierreich, 46: 467. Synonymy by Cei, 1958, Invest. Zool. Chilen., 4: 275; provisional synonymy by Gorham, 1966, Das Tierreich, 85: 34.

Hylodes granulatus Philippi, 1902, Supl. Batr. Chil. Descr. Hist. Fis. Polit. Chile: 66. Syntypes: MNHNC (4 specimens), according to the original publication. Type locality: "parte insulae Chiloé", Chile. Considered a nomen dubium by Nieden, 1923, Das Tierreich, 46: 467. Synonymy by Cei, 1958, Invest. Zool. Chilen., 4: 275; provisional synonymy by Gorham, 1966, Das Tierreich, 85: 34.

Hylodes gracilis Philippi, 1902, Supl. Batr. Chil. Descr. Hist. Fis. Polit. Chile: 67. Types: MNHNC (6 specimens), according to the original publicationi. Type locality: "provincia Valdivia", Chile. Considered a nomen dubium by Nieden, 1923, Das Tierreich, 46: 467. Synonymy by Cei, 1958, Invest. Zool. Chilen., 4: 275; provisional synonymy by Gorham, 1966, Das Tierreich, 85: 34.

Hilodes brevipesPhilippi, 1902, Supl. Batr. Chil. Descr. Hist. Fis. Polit. Chile: 159. Incorrect subsequent spelling of generic name.

Hilodes cardioglossaPhilippi, 1902, Supl. Batr. Chil. Descr. Hist. Fis. Polit. Chile: 159. Incorrect subsequent spelling.

Hilodes fitzingeriPhilippi, 1902, Supl. Batr. Chil. Descr. Hist. Fis. Polit. Chile: 159. Incorrect spelling of the generic name.

Hilodes granulatusPhilippi, 1902, Supl. Batr. Chil. Descr. Hist. Fis. Polit. Chile: 159. Incorrect subsequent spelling of generic name.

Hilodes leptopusPhilippi, 1902, Supl. Batr. Chil. Descr. Hist. Fis. Polit. Chile: 159. Incorrect spelling of generic name.

Hilodes macromerosPhilippi, 1902, Supl. Batr. Chil. Descr. Hist. Fis. Polit. Chile: 159. Incorrect spelling of generic name.

Hilodes melanogastraPhilippi, 1902, Supl. Batr. Chil. Descr. Hist. Fis. Polit. Chile: 159. Incorrect spelling of generic name.

Eleutherodactylus leptopusMyers, 1962, Copeia, 1962: 197, by implication.

English Names

Gray Wood Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 70).

Distribution

From Los Queules (Región del Maule) to the Río Baker (Región de Aysén), Chile; in Nothofagus forests from Neuquén to lower Río Negro, Argentina.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Argentina, Chile

Comment

See accounts by Cei, 1962, Batr. Chile: 83–85, and Cei, 1980, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Monogr., 2: 275–277. Díaz-Páez and Ortiz, 2006, Herpetol. Rev., 37: 485-486, provided specific localities and a range extension. Vidal-Maldonado and Ortiz, 2009, Check List, 5: 869–871, reported the species from Butachauques and Talcán Islands, between Chiloé and the mainland, Chile, and discussed the biogeography of the species. Cuevas and Cifuentes P., 2010, Check List, 6: 633–636, provided a northern-most record and disucssed and mapped the range. Blotto, Nuñez, Úbeda, Wheeler, and Faivovich, 2013, Cladistics, 29: 113–131, regarded this species to be in Batrachyla on the basis of molecular phylogenetics. See Lobos, Vidal-Maldonado, Correa-Quezada, Labra-Lillo, Díaz-Páez, Charrier, Rabanal, Díaz-Vidal, and Tala, 2013, Anf. Chile Conserv. 1–104, for photograph, comments on conservation status, and range. 

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