Physalaemus signifer

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

Physalaemus signifer (Girard, 1853)

Holotype: not stated, presumably originally in USNM or ANSP. [lost fide Cochran (1955: 353)]
Type locality: “Rio de Janeiro, [Rio de Janeiro,] Brazil”.

Rhinoderma signifera Girard, 1853: 424 [original combination]
Paludicola signifera — Boulenger, 1891: 454 [subsequent combination]
Paludicola signifer — Baumann, 1912: 162 [subsequent combination]
Physalaemus signiferus — Cochran, 1955: 351 [subsequent combination]
Physalaemus signifer — Cannatella in Frost, 1985: 255 [subsequent combination]

Phyllobates glandulosus Steindachner, 1867: 53 [synonymised with Physalameus olfersi by Bokermann (1966: 81), transferred to Physalaemus signifer by Cassini, Cruz & Caramaschi (2010: 15)]
- Holotype: NHMW 16520.
- Type locality: “Brasilien”, considered to be “Brasil, provàvelmente Serra da Estrela, Inhomirim, Rio de Janeiro” by Bokermann (1966: 81)

Paludicola bresslaui Müller, 1924: 175 [synonymised by Cochran (1955: 351)]
- Holotype: ZSM 4/1924. [lost fide Glaw & Franzen (2006: 174)]
- Type locality: “Therezopolis (in der Serra dos Orgaes), Staat Rio de Janeiro”, Brazil.

Girard, C. 1853. Descriptions of new species of reptiles, collected by the U.S. Exploring Expedition, under the command of Capt. Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Second part—including the species of batrachians, exotic to North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6: 420–424.
Cassini, C.S., Cruz, C.A.G. & Caramaschi, U. 2010. Taxonomic review of Physalaemus olfersii (Lichtenstein & Martens, 1856) with revalidation of Physalaemus lateristriga (Steindachner, 1864) and description of two new related species (Anura: Leiuperidae). Zootaxa 2491(1): 1–33. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2491.1.1 ; ResearchGate Reference page.

Van Sluys, M. & Rocha, C.F. 2010. IUCN: Physalaemus signifer (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T57277A11613825. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T57277A11613825.en. Accessed on 17 January 2023.

English: Girard's Dwarf Frog