Cycloramphus eleutherodactylus (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Cycloramphidae > Genus: Cycloramphus > Species: Cycloramphus eleutherodactylus

Iliodiscus eleutherodactylus Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920, Rev. Mus. Paulista, São Paulo, 12: 270. Syntypes: MZUSP 20 (1 specimen), 24 (21 specimens), 572 (1 specimen), 816 (1 specimen), 835 (1 specimen); MZUSP 24x designated lectotype by Bokermann, 1951, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 42: 87. Type locality: "Alto da Serra—São Paulo" and "Rio Grande—São Paulo", Brazil; lectotype from "Alto da Serra—São Paulo", Brazil.

Grypiscus eleutherodactylusBarbour, 1925, Copeia, 138: 8.

Cyclorhamphus eleutherodactylusBrazil and Vellard, 1926, Mem. Inst. Butantan, São Paulo, 3: 43.

Cyclorhamphus eleutherodactylus var. variegata Lutz, 1929, Mem. Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, 22: 12. Types: Not designated, presumably originally in Lutz collection or IOC, which would now be in the MNRJ. Type locality: Not specifically designated but Gorham, 1966, Das Tierreich, 85: 47, considered it to be Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, and Serra da Bocaina on the Rio de Janeiro/São Paulo boundary, Brazil. Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 32, stated the type localities to be "Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Gauanabara; Paranapiacaba (= Serra de Cubatão), São Paulo e Serra da Bocaina, São Paulo", Brazil.

Cyclorhamphus eleutherodactylus var. strigilata Lutz, 1929, Mem. Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, 22: 13. Types: Not designated; presumably originally in the Lutz collection and now at the MNRJ. Type locality not specifically designated but Gorham, 1966, Das Tierreich, 85: 47, considered it to be Alto da Serra, São Paulo, Brazil and Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 32, stated it to be "Via Anchieta, Cubatão (= Estrada Nova de São Paulo a Santos) São Paulo", Brazil.

Cycloramphus eleutherodactylusBokermann, 1951, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 42: 87.

English Names

Alto Button Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 71).

Distribution

Serra dos Órgãos, Serra da Mantiqueira, Serra da Bocaina, and Serra do Mar, Brazil.

Comment

See account by Heyer, Rand, Cruz, Peixoto, and Nelson, 1990, Arq. Zool., São Paulo, 31: 292-293. Izecksohn and Carvalho-e-Silva, 2001, Anf. Municipio Rio de Janeiro: 80, provided a brief account and photo. Verdade, Almeida-Silva, and Rodrigues, 2023, Zootaxa, 5254: 287–294, described larval morphology. 

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