Pelodytes ibericus Sánchez-Herraíz, Barbadillo-Escrivá, Machordom, and Sanchíz, 2000

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Pelodytidae > Genus: Pelodytes > Species: Pelodytes ibericus

Pelodytes ibericus Sánchez-Herraíz, Barbadillo-Escrivá, Machordom, and Sanchíz, 2000, Herpetologica, 56: 111. Holotype: MNCN 23662, by original designation. Type locality: "Doñana Biological Reserve (36° 59′ N, 6° 27′ W, elevation 10 m), Province of Huelva (Spain)".

Common Names

Iberian Parsley Frog (Arnold, 2002, Rept. Amph. Eur., Ed. 2: 72; Sillero, Campos, Bonardi, Corti, Creemers, Crochet, Crnobrnja-Isailovic, Denoël, Ficetola, Gonçalves, Kuzmin, Lymberakis, de Pous, Rodriguez, Sindaco, Speybroeck, Toxopeus, Vieites, and Vences, 2014, Amphibia-Reptilia, 35: Suppl. 1, Text S1; Speybroeck, Beukema, Dufresnes, Fritz, Jablonski, Lymberakis, Martínez-Solano, Razzetti, Vamberger, Vences, Vörös, and Crochet, 2020, Amphibia-Reptilia, 41: 171).

Distribution

Southern to southeastern Portugal and southwestern Spain.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Portugal, Spain

Comment

Arnold, 2002, Rept. Amph. Eur., Ed. 2: 72-73, provided a brief account, figure, and map. Mateo, Pleguezuelos, Fahd, Géniez, and Martínez-Medina, 2003, Anf. Rept. Estrecho de Gibraltar: 100–102, discussed the identification, distribution, natural history, and conservation, within the region of the Straits of Gibraltar in southern Spain. See account by Díaz-Rodríguez, Gehara, Márquez, Vences, Gonçalves, Sequeira, Martínez-Solano, and Tejedo, 2017, Zootaxa, 4243: 23–25. Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok, and Van Der Voort, 2016, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Brit. Eur.: 146–147, provided a brief account and range map. See also Díaz-Rodríguez, Gehara, Márquez, Vences, Gonçalves, Sequeira, Martínez-Solano, and Tejedo, 2017, Zootaxa, 4243: 1–41. See comments under Pelodytes punctatus for possible relevant literature. See Dufresnes, 2019, Amph. Eur., N. Afr., & Middle East: 48, for brief identifying morphology, range map, and biology as well as a photograph. Dufresnes, Pribille, Alard, Gonçalves, Amat, Crochet, Dubey, Perrin, Fumagalli, Vences, and Martínez-Solano, 2020, Heredity, 124: 423–438, discussed the evidence for species delimitation and the narrow zone of hybridization with Pelodytes atlanticusSeñaris Vasquez, Urdiales, Sempere, and Leonard, 2026, Zootaxa, 5792: 218–219, provided an image of a paratype and discussed the types in the Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), Spain, and elsewhere.

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