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Elachistocleis surinamensis (Daudin, 1802)
Bufo surinamensis Daudin, 1802 "An. XI", Hist. Nat. Rain. Gren. Crap., Quarto: 91. Type(s): Frog figured on page 90, pl. 33, fig. 2 of the original publication; likely originally in MNHNP. Type locality: "Surinam".
Rana bufonia Merrem, 1820, Tent. Syst. Amph.: 177. Substitute name for Bufo surinamensis Daudin, 1802. Synonymy by Günther, 1859 "1858", Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus.: 51.
Elachistocleis surinamensis — Kenny, 1969, Stud. Fauna Curaçao and other Caribb. Is., 29: 66.
English Names
Surinam Oval Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 89).
Northeastern Oval Frog (Hedges, Powell, Henderson, Hanson, and Murphy, 2019, Caribb. Herpetol., 67: 15).
Distribution
Venezuela (south of the Orinoco River including its delta) and Guyana to Surinam and French Guiana; Trinidad.
Comment
See comment under Elachistocleis which explains context of retaining this nominal taxon as distinct from Relictivomer pearsei, even though when recognizing Elachistocleis surinamensis, Kenny regarded it as a senior synonym of Relictivomer pearsei. See Rivero, Langone, and Prigioni, 1986, Comun. Zool. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, 11: 6-7. Barrio-Amorós, 1999 "1998", Acta Biol. Venezuelica, 18: 57, commented on the Venezuelan distribution. Lavilla, Vaira, and Ferrari, 2003, Amphibia-Reptilia, 24: 279, regarded this nominal form to cover a complex of species. Murphy, 1997, Amph. Rept. Trinidad Tobago: 93-95, provided an account for Trinidad. See account for Surinam population by Ouboter and Jairam, 2012, Amph. Suriname: 278-279, who noted that all previous records of nominal Elachistocleis ovalis from Surinam are referrable to this species. See Barrio-Amorós, Rojas-Runjaic, and Señaris, 2019, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 13 (1: e180): 103, for comments on range and literature.
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