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Leptodactylus poecilochilus (Cope, 1862)
Cystignathus poecilochilus Cope, 1862, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 14: 156. Syntypes: "Mus. Smithsonian [USNM], (No. 4347) Acad., Philadelphia"; USNM 4347a considered holotype by Cochran, 1961, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 220: 40, although de Sá, Grant, Camargo, Heyer, Ponssa, and Stanley, 2014, S. Am. J. Herpetol., 9(Spec. Issue 1): 44, noted that the specimen tag on the specimen in question does not have an "a" after the number 4347. ANSP specimen presumably lost as not mentioned in recent type list. Type locality: "Near Turbo, [Antioquia,] New Granada [= Colombia]".
Leptodactylus poecilochilus — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 343.
Leptodactylus quadrivittatus Cope, 1893, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., 31: 339. Holotype: Originally No. 365 in Museo Nacional de Costa Rica; now lost according to Dunn, 1940, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 92: 106, and Heyer, 1978, Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 29: 33. Type locality: "Buenos Ayres" (= Buenos Aires), Cantón de Buenas Aires, Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Savage, 1974, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 22: 82, commented on the type locality. Synonymy by Dunn, 1940, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 92: 106; Heyer, 1970, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 16: 182; Heyer, 1978, Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 29: 33.
Leptodactylus maculilabris Boulenger, 1896, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 17: 404–405. Holotype: BMNH 1894.11.15.27, according to Heyer, 1978, Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 29: 69, now renumbered 1947.2.17.56, according to museum records. Type locality: "Bebedero, [Cantón de Cañas, Province of Guanacaste,] Costa Rica". Type locality commented on by Savage, 1974, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 22: 78. Synonymy by Dunn, 1940, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 92: 106; Heyer, 1970, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 16: 182; Heyer, 1978, Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 29: 33.
Leptodactylus diptychus Boulenger, 1918, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 9, 2: 431. Holotype: BMNH 1894.8.31.11, according to Heyer, 1978, Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 29: 69, and museum records. Type locality: "Andes of Venezuela". Synonymy by Heyer, 1978, Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 29: 34.
Leptodactylus poecilochilus poecilochilus — Rivero, 1961, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 126: 43.
Leptodactylus poecilochilus dyptichus — Rivero, 1961, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 126: 42. Incorrect subsequent spelling for diptychus.
Common Names
Turbo White-lipped Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 82).
Distribution
Lowlands of northwestern Pacific Costa Rica to northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela; possibly to be found in southern Nicaragua.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela
Comment
In the Leptodactylus fuscus group of Heyer, 1978, Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 29: 1–85. Lips and Savage, 1996, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 109: 17–26, included this species in a key to the tadpoles found in Costa Rica. See account by Savage, 2002, Amph. Rept. Costa Rica: 222–223. Streicher and Mohammadi, 2012, Herpetol. Rev., 43: 97, provided a record on the Atlantic versant of Heredia Province, Costa Rica, and commented on the range. Köhler, 2011, Amph. Cent. Am.: 276–281, provided a brief summary of natural history and identification key for the species of Leptodactylus in Central America and provided a range map and photograph for this species. In the Leptodactylus fuscus species group of de Sá, Grant, Camargo, Heyer, Ponssa, and Stanley, 2014, S. Am. J. Herpetol., 9(Spec. Issue 1): 1–123, and who provided a summary of relevant literature (adult and larval morphology, identification, advertisement call, and range) on pp. 44–45. See Barrio-Amorós, Rojas-Runjaic, and Señaris Vasquez, 2019, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 13 (1: e180): 95, for comments on range and literature. McCranie, Sunyer, and Martínez-Fonseca, 2019, Rev. Nicaraguense Biodiversidad, 52: 30, suggested the species would be found in southern Nicaragua.
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