Physalaemus signifer (Girard, 1853)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Leptodactylidae > Subfamily: Leiuperinae > Genus: Physalaemus > Species: Physalaemus signifer

Rhinoderma signifera Girard, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 6: 424. Type(s): Not stated, presumably originally in USNM or ANSP; lost, according to Cochran, 1955 "1954", Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 206: 353-354. Type locality: "Rio de Janeiro, [Rio de Janeiro,] Brazil".

Phyllobates glandulosus Steindachner, 1867, Reise Österreichischen Fregatte Novara, Zool., Amph.: 53. Holotype: NHMW 16520, according to Häupl and Tiedemann, 1978, Kat. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 2: 26, and Häupl, Tiedemann, and Grillitsch, 1994, Kat. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 9: 30. Type locality: "Brasilien". Considered to be "Brasil, provàvelmente Serra da Estrela, Inhomirim, Rio de Janeiro", by Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 81. Synonymy with Physalameus olfersi by Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 81. This was disputed and the synonymy transferred to Physalaemus signifer by Cassini, Cruz, and Caramaschi, 2010, Zootaxa, 2491: 15.The citation Fitzinger IN Steindachner, 1863, Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Phys. Math. Naturwiss. Kl., 48: 186, provided by Häupl and Tiedemann, 1978, Kat. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 2: 26, appears to be in error (DRF).

Paludicola signiferaBoulenger, 1891, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 8: 454.

Paludicola signiferBaumann, 1912, Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Abt. Syst., 33: 162.

Paludicola bresslaui Müller, 1924, Senckenb. Biol., 6: 175. Holotype: ZSM 4/1924 (lost) according to Glaw and Franzen, 2006, Spixiana, München, 29: 174. Type locality: "Therezopolis (in der Serra dos Orgaes), Staat Rio de Janeiro", Brazil. Synonymy by Cochran, 1955 "1954", Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 206: 351; Bokermann, 1962, An. Acad. Brasil. Cienc., 34: 563-568.

Physalaemus bresslauiParker, 1927, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 9, 20: 464.

Physalaemus signiferusCochran, 1955 "1954", Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 206: 351.

Physalaemus signifer — Cannatella, 1985, in Frost (ed.), Amph. Species World: 255; Izecksohn and Carvalho-e-Silva, 2001, Anf. Municipio Rio de Janeiro: 79.

Eupemphix signifer — Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 442.

English Names

Girard’s Dwarf Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 83).

Otavio's Robber Frog (Ferreira, Dantas, Mattedi, and Silva-Soares, 2009, Herpetol. Rev., 40: 446).

Distribution

Bahia, Espíritu Santo, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo, Brazil.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Brazil

Endemic: Brazil

Comment

In the Physalaemus signifer group of of Nascimento, Caramaschi, and Cruz, 2005, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 63: 308. Weber, Gonzaga, and Carvalho-e-Silva, 2006 "2005", Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 63: 678, provided a sonogram of the advertisement call. See account by Bokermann, 1962, An. Acad. Brasil. Cienc., 34: 563–568. Izecksohn and Carvalho-e-Silva, 2001, Anf. Municipio Rio de Janeiro: 79, provided a brief account and photo. Ferreira, Dantas, Mattedi, and Silva-Soares, 2009, Herpetol. Rev., 40: 446–447, provided the record for Espíritu Santo, Brazil, and commented on the range. In the Physalaemus signifer clade of Lourenço, Targueta, Baldo, Nascimento, Garcia, Andrade, Haddad, and Recco-Pimentel, 2015, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 92: 204–216. Freitas, Abegg, Dias, and Moraes, 2018, Herpetol. Notes, 11: 59–72, provided a record of Physalaemus cf. signifer from the Serra da Jibóia, Bahia, Brazil. Hepp and Pombal, 2020, Zootaxa, 4725: 1–106, discussed this species as part of a genus-wide discussion of bioacoustical traits among the species. Pezzuti, Leite, Rossa-Feres, and Garcia, 2021, S. Am. J. Herpetol., 22 (Special Issue): 1–109, described and discussed larval morphology and natural history.  

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