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Microkayla wettsteini (Parker, 1932)
Eupsophus wettsteini Parker, 1932, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 10, 10: 343. Holotype: NHMW 15845, according to Häupl and Tiedemann, 1978, Kat. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 2: 17, and Häupl, Tiedemann, and Grillitsch, 1994, Kat. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 9: 22. Type locality: "Untuaro or Pongo, Peru, 2000 metres", possibly Departamento Amazonas, Peru, but not currently regarded as a member of the Pervian fauna.
Syrrhophus laplacai Cei, 1968, J. Herpetol., 2: 139. Holotype: IBAUNC 125-1, by original designation. Type locality: "On the road to Coroico (National road to Beni Valley), at 3 km West of Pongo, [Departamento La Paz,] in the transitional zone of Unduavi, at 3400 m.", Bolivia. Synonymy by Lehr, 2006, Herpetologica, 62: 342.
Niceforonia laplacai — Lynch, 1969, Herpetologica, 25: 272. Tentative combination.
Niceforonia wettsteini — Lynch, 1969, Herpetologica, 25: 273.
Phrynopus laplacai — Lynch, 1975, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 35: 19.
Phrynopus wettsteini — Lynch, 1975, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 35: 40.
Psychrophrynella wettsteini — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 102.
Microkayla wettsteini — De la Riva, Chaparro, Castroviejo-Fisher, and Padial, 2017 "2018", Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 182: 146.
English Names
Wettstein's Andes Frog (Phrynopus wettsteini: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 83).
LaPlaca's Andes Frog (Phrynopus laplacai [no longer recognized]: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 83).
Distribution
Known from the surroundings of the area of Unduavi, in the Unduavi Valley, Provincia Sud Yungas,, Department of La Paz, Bolivia.
Comment
In the Phrynopus peruanus group. See comments by Lehr, 2006, Herpetologica, 62: 342-343. De la Riva, 2007, Herpetol. Monogr., 21: 272-273, provided an account.
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