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Proceratophrys appendiculata (Günther, 1873)
Ceratophrys appendiculata Günther, 1873, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 4, 11: 418. Holotype: BMNH according to Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 223, now lost according to Dias, Amaro, Carvalho-e-Silva, and Rodrigues, 2013, Zootaxa, 3682: 292, who gave as "BMNH 027" (presumably a field number) for the missing holotype. Type locality: "Brazil"; on the basis of osteological characters considered to have come from "somewhere at the Serra dos Órgãos", Brazil, according to Dias, Amaro, Carvalho-e-Silva, and Rodrigues, 2013, Zootaxa, 3682: 292.
Ceratophrys cafferi Camerano, 1879, Atti Accad. Sci. Torino, Cl. Sci. Fis. Mat. Nat., 14: 880. Holotype: MZUT An540, according to Gavetti and Andreone, 1993, Cat. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat., Torino, 10: 51. Type locality: "Brasile . . . . nelle foreste vergini dell Serra degli Organi" (= Organ Mountains, Brazil). Given as "Serra dos Órgaos, Terezópolis, Rio de Janeiro", Brazil by Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 25. Synonymy by Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 222.
Stombus appendiculatus — Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920, Rev. Mus. Paulista, São Paulo, 12: 302.
Ceratophrys appendiculata — Nieden, 1923, Das Tierreich, 46: 382; Cochran, 1955 "1954", Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 206: 223.
Stombus appendiculatus appendiculatus — Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 27: 125.
Stombus appendiculatus var. unicolor Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 27: 125. Syntypes: MNRJ, by original designation. Recorded as MNRJ 0298 by Prado and Pombal, 2008, Arq. Zool., São Paulo, 39: 32. Type locality: "Alto da Serra—S[ão]. Paulo—Santos", Brazil. Given as "Japuíba, Cachoeiras de Macacu, Rio de Janeiro" by Prado and Pombal, 2008, Arq. Zool., São Paulo, 39: 32.
Stombus appendiculatus — Reig and Limeses, 1963, Physis, Buenos Aires, 24: 114.
Stombus appendiculatus incolor — Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 92. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
Proceratophrys appendiculata — Lynch, 1971, Misc. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 53: 134.
English Names
Guenther's Horned Frog (Cochran, 1961, Living Amph. World: 88).
Günther's Horned Frog (Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 91).
Gunther's Smooth Horned Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 84).
Distribution
Serra dos Órgãos in the Municipalities of Duque de Caxias, Cachoeiras de Macacu, Petrópolis, and Teresópolis in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil.
Comment
See Izecksohn, Cruz, and Peixoto, 1999 "1998", Rev. Univ. Rural, Ser. Cienc. Vida, 20: 37–54, for discussion. See Prado and Pombal, 2008, Arq. Zool., São Paulo, 39: 1–85 [32–38], for account. Populations in eastern Sao Paulo are now assigned to Proceratophrys belzebul. Dias, Amaro, Carvalho-e-Silva, and Rodrigues, 2013, Zootaxa, 3682: 277–304, provided an account and range map. Dias, Carvalho-e-Silva, and Carvalho-e-Silva, 2013, Zootaxa, 3683: 427–438, reported on the morphology of the larval chondrocranium. Dias, Hepp, Carvalho-e-Silva, and Carvalho-e-Silva, 2013, Zoologia, Curitiba, 30: 388–396, reported on the advertisement call and breeding biology.
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