Nannophryne corynetes (Duellman and Ochoa-M., 1991)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Bufonidae > Genus: Nannophryne > Species: Nannophryne corynetes

Bufo corynetes Duellman and Ochoa-M., 1991, Copeia, 1991: 138. Holotype: KU 173229, by original designation. Type locality: "west slope of Abra Málaga (ca 13° 09′ S, 72° 20′ W, elev. 3780 m), 50 km (by road) northwest of Ollantaytambo, Provincia Urubamba, Departamento Cuzco, Peru".

Chaunus corynetes — 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.

Nannophryne corynetes — Frost, 2007, Amph. Spec. World, vers. 5.0: . by implication of the results of Pramuk, 2006, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 146: 435; Chaparro Auza, Pramuk, and Gluesenkamp, 2007, Herpetologica, 63: 203-212 (by implication).

Common Names

Abra Malaga Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 41).

Distribution

Region of the type locality in Urubamba Province, Cuzco Department, Peru.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Peru

Endemic: Peru

Comment

See comment under Nannophryne. Most similar to Bufo variegatus according to the original publication. In the Bufo spinulosus group according to Duellman and Schulte, 1992, Copeia, 1992: 162-172. In the Bufo variegatus group (now Nannophryne) according to Pramuk, 2006, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 146: 435. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Bufo corynetes) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 181.

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