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Incilius tacanensis (Smith, 1952)
Bufo tacanensis Smith, 1952, Copeia, 1952: 176. Holotype: UMMZ 88359, by original designation. Type locality: "at 1500 meters on Volcán de Tacaná, Unión Juárez, Chiapas, México".
Cranopsis tacanensis — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 364.
Ollotis tacanensis — Frost, Grant, and Mendelson, 2006, Copeia, 2006: 558, by implication.
Incilius tacanensis — Frost, Mendelson, and Pramuk, 2009, Copeia, 2009: 418–419, by implication.
Common Names
Volcan Tacana Toad (Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 18; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 43; Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 18).
Distribution
Intermediate elevations along the Pacific versant of extreme eastern Chiapas (Mexico) and western Guatemala, 200 to 2200 m elevation.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Guatemala, Mexico
Comment
See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Bufo tacanensis) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 192. Mendelson, Mulcahy, Williams, and Sites, 2011, Zootaxa, 3138: 1-34, suggested that Incilius tacanensis is a members in an unnamed monophyletic group that includes Incilius alvarius, Incilius occidentalis, Incilius mccoyi, and Incilius tacanensis. Oliver-López, Woolrich-Piña, and Lemos-Espinal, 2009, Fam. Bufonidae Mex.: 93–94, provided an account for Mexico (as Ollotis cristata). Köhler, 2011, Amph. Cent. Am.: 104–115, compared this species to others in Central America and provided a range map and photograph. McCarthy, Shinn, Luna-Reyes, and Mendelson, 2022, ZooKeys, 1102: 149–161, redescribed the species, summarized its biology and conservation status, and provided a range map.
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