Amphibia, Anura, Leiuperidae, Pleurodema thaul (Lesson, 1827): Altitudinal distribution extension and new records from its northern range

Claudio Correa; Gabriel Lobos; Edvin Riveros; Nelson Velásquez

doi:10.15560/6.1.010

Check List 6(1): 10-12, doi: 10.15560/6.1.010

Amphibia, Anura, Leiuperidae, Pleurodema thaul (Lesson, 1827): Altitudinal distribution extension and new records from its northern range

Claudio Correa Quezada, Edvin Riveros, Gabriel Lobos, Nelson Velásquez

Corresponding author: Claudio Quezada ( ccorreasp@gmail.com )

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Citation: Correa C, Lobos G, Riveros E, Velásquez N (2010) Amphibia, Anura, Leiuperidae, Pleurodema thaul (Lesson, 1827): Altitudinal distribution extension and new records from its northern range. Check List 6(1): 10-12. https://doi.org/10.15560/6.1.010

Abstract

The current study reports five new localities of the four-eyed frog Pleurodema thaul (Lesson, 1827) in the extreme north of its distribution (27° to 30° S) in the desertic and semidesertic ravines of Chile, including an increase in its altitudinal range up to 3125 m.

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