"Leptodactylus" ochraceus Lutz, 1930

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Leptodactylidae > Species: "Leptodactylus" ochraceus

Leptodactylus ochraceus Lutz, 1930, Mem. Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, 23: 28. Types: Not designated; AL-MNRJ 1445 according to Caramaschi, 2008, Rev. Brasil. Zool., 25: 523. Type locality: "Estado de Pernambuco (? Tapera)", Brazil. Given as "Tapera, Pernambuco", Brazil by Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 73, and further discussed by Caramaschi, 2008, Rev. Brasil. Zool., 25: 524. 

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Tapera, Pernambuco, Brazil).

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Brazil

Endemic: Brazil

Comment

This taxon was long forgotten, but Caramaschi, 2008, Rev. Brasil. Zool., 25: 523-528, discussed reasons for retaining it as a valid taxon within Leptodactylus, also noting that it is known only from the holotype and likey extinct. Unassigned to species group, or even to Leptodactylus, by de Sá, Grant, Camargo, Heyer, Ponssa, and Stanley, 2014, S. Am. J. Herpetol., 9(Spec. Issue 1): 1–123, and who provided a summary of relevant literature on p. 89 and implied that this nominal species is likely not a member of Leptodactylus, but is a member of Leptodactylidae. 

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