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Alsodes vittatus (Philippi, 1902)
Cystignathus vittatus Philippi, 1902, Supl. Batr. Chil. Descr. Hist. Fis. Polit. Chile: 103. Syntypes: MNHNC (3 specimens), according to the original publication. Type locality: "de la hacienda de San Ignacio de Pemehue", currently the southern end of the Biobío Region and the northern end of La Araucanía Region in Chile.
Leptodactylus vittatus — Nieden, 1923, Das Tierreich, 46: 493.
Eupsophus vittatus — Donoso-Barros, 1976, Arch. Biol. Med. Experim., Univ. Chile, 10: 50.
Alsodes vittatus — Formas, 1989, Bol. Soc. Biol. Concepción, 60: 123–127.
Common Names
Malleco Spiny-chest Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 70).
Distribution
Known only from (1) San Ignacio de Pemehue (type locality), (2)Tributary of the Lancu stream, 38°19'49"S, 71°26'15"W, 1491 m elevation, (3) Tupuyuntué River, (38°20'59"S, 71°26'19"W, 1610 m elevation, and (4) Tributary of the Tupuyuntué River, 38°21'44"S, 71°26'11"W, 1421 m elevation, all in Chile.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Chile
Endemic: Chile
Comment
Formas and Vera, 1980, J. Herpetol., 14: 11–14, reported (as Eupsophus vittatus) on advertisement call, larval morphology, and reproductive behavior and ecology. Transferred to Alsodes by Formas, 1989, Bol. Soc. Biol. Concepción, 60: 123-127, who distinguished it from Eupsophus vertebralis. 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. Correa, Riveros-Riffo, and Donoso, 2025, ZooKeys, 1230: 195–212, provided recent records and discussed the possibility that Alsodes vittatus and Alsodes neuquensis are conspecific on the basis of mtDNA data.
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