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Lynchius simmonsi (Lynch, 1974)
Ischnocnema simmonsi Lynch, 1974, J. Herpetol., 8: 85. Holotype: KU 147068, by original designation. Type locality: "Río Piuntza, Cordillera del Condor, Morona-Santiago Prov., Ecuador, 1830 m".
Oreobates simmonsi — Caramaschi and Canedo, 2006, Zootaxa, 1116: 51.
Lynchius simmonsi — Padial, Chaparro, Castroviejo-Fisher, Guayasamin, Lehr, Delgado C., Vaira, Teixeira, Aguayo-Vedia, and De la Riva, 2012, Am. Mus. Novit., 3752 : 2.
Common Names
Simmons' Big-headed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 81).
Distribution
Known from the Cordillera del Condor in Morona-Santiago and Zamora-Chinchipe Provinces, Ecuador; presumably extending into adjacent Amazonas, Peru.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Ecuador
Likely/Controversially Present: Peru
Endemic: Ecuador
Comment
See accounts by Padial, Chaparro, and De la Riva, 2008, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 152: 764, and Motta, Chaparro, Pombal, Guayasamin, De la Riva, and Padial, 2016, Herpetol. Monogr., 30: 131–132, who suggested its eventual discovery in Peru.
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