Check List 12(6): e19618, doi: 10.15560/12.6.2016
Notes on the distribution of the genus Pseudopaludicola Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926 (Anura: Leptodactylidae) in Paraguay
Esteban O. Lavilla‡, Andrea Caballero-Gini§, Diego Bueno-Villafañe§, Darío Cardozo|‡ Fundación Miguel Lillo, Argentina§ Instituto de Investigación Biológica del Paraguay, Paraguay| Instituto de Biología Subtropical, Argentina
Corresponding author: Andrea Caballero-Gini ( ancgini@gmail.com ) © 2017 Esteban Lavilla, Andrea Caballero-Gini, Diego Bueno-Villafañe, Darío Cardozo. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Caballero-Gini A, Lavilla E, Bueno-Villafañe D, Cardozo D (2016) Notes on the distribution of the genus Pseudopaludicola Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926 (Anura: Leptodactylidae) in Paraguay. Check List 12(6): 2016. https://doi.org/10.15560/12.6.2016 |  |
Abstract
Four species of Pseudopaludicola, Pseudopaludicola boliviana, P. falcipes, P. mystacalis and P. ternetzi, are usually cited for Paraguay. However, after analyzing 407 specimens assigned to this genus in herpetological collections of the country, we conclude that there are no specimens of P. falcipes in Paraguayan collections or vouchers cited in the literature, and almost all individuals referred to P. ternetzi are most probably P. ameghini. At the same time, a recently described species, P. motorzinho, is recorded for the first time in the country. Information on the distribution of these and the remaining species of Pseudopaludicola in Paraguay (P. boliviana and P. mystacalis) is provided.
Keywords
Amphibia; Leiuperinae; dwarf swamp frogs; distribution assessment