Dendrophryniscus imitator

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Bufonidae
Genus: Dendrophryniscus
Species: Dendrophryniscus imitator

Name

Dendrophryniscus imitator (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920)

• Lectotype: MZUSP 847, adult ♀, collected by Bicego in 1899. [designated by Cruz, Caramaschi, Fusinatto & Brasileiro (2019: 34).
• Type locality: “Alto da Serra (23°46’S, 46°19’W, Datum WGS 84, 800 m altitude), Municipality of Paranapiacaba, State of São Paulo, Brazil”.

Combinations

• Atelopus imitator Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920: 310 [original combination]
• Dendrophryniscus brevipollicatus imitator — Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926 [subsequent combination]
• Dendrophryniscus imitator — Cruz, Caramaschi, Fusinatto & Brasileiro, 2019: 34 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Miranda-Ribeiro, A. 1920. Os Brachycephalideos do Museu Paulista (Com tres especies novas). Revista do Museu Paulista 12(2): 305–316 + 3 plates. BHL Reference page. 
• Cruz, C.A.G., Caramaschi, U., Fusinatto, L.A. & Brasileiro, C.A. 2019. Taxonomic review of Dendrophryniscus brevipollicatus Jiménez de la Espada, 1870, with revalidation of D. imitator (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920) and D. lauroi Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926, and description of four new related species (Anura, Bufonidae). Zootaxa 4648(1): 27–62. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4648.1.2. Reference page.