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Rana parvipalmata López-Seoane, 1885
Rana temporaria parvipalmata López-Seoane, 1885, Zoologist, 3rd Ser., 1885: 169. Types: Not stated or known to exist. Type locality: "inhabits the north-west of Spain, equally common from the level of the sea to an elevation of 1422 feet. Near Pontevedra, Tuy, and Ferrol, . . . "; given as "La Coruña", Spain by Salvador, 1974, Guia Anf. Rept. Esp.: 241.
Rana temporaria parvipalmata — Boettger, 1892, Kat. Batr. Samml. Mus. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges.: 8; Veith, Kosuch, and Vences, 2003, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 26: 317.
Rana parvipalmata — Dufresnes, Nicieza, Litvinchuk, Rodrigues, Jeffries, Vences, Perrin, and Martínez-Solano, 2020, Mol. Ecol., 29: 996.
Rana parvipalmata asturiensis Dufresnes, Ambu, Galán, Sequeira, Viesca, Choda, Alvarez, Alard, Suchan, Künzel, Martínez-Solano, Vences, and Nicieza, 2023, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad170: 10. Zoobank publication registration: EE53C938-C726-40CB-B117-5B9939453DA7 (2 December 2023).
Rana parvipalmata parvipalmata — Dufresnes, Ambu, Galán, Sequeira, Viesca, Choda, Alvarez, Alard, Suchan, Künzel, Martínez-Solano, Vences, and Nicieza, 2023, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad170: 10. Zoobank publication registration: EE53C938-C726-40CB-B117-5B9939453DA7 (2 December 2023)
Common Names
None noted.
Distribution
Northwestern Spain.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Spain
Endemic: Spain
Comment
See comments under Rana temporaria, with which this species was until recently considered to be part of, for access to relevant literature. Dufresnes, Nicieza, Litvinchuk, Rodrigues, Jeffries, Vences, Perrin, and Martínez-Solano, 2020, Mol. Ecol., 29: 986–1000, discussed systematics and biogeography. Dufresnes, Ambu, Galán, Sequeira, Viesca, Choda, Alvarez, Alard, Suchan, Künzel, Martínez-Solano, Vences, and Nicieza, 2023, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad170: 1–15, reported on molecular phylogeography and recognized two molecular lineages that are reproductively compatible, recognizing them as subspecies.
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