Telmatobius halli

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: Telmatobiidae
Genus: Telmatobius
Species: Telmatobius halli

Name

Telmatobius halli Noble, 1938: 1

• Holotype: AMNH 44753, adult ♀, collected by F.G. Hall on 25 June 1935.
• Type locality: “Warm spring near Ollague, Chile, 10,000 ft. altitude”, considered in error, and stated as “near Collahuasi, about 50 km northwest of Ollagüe . . . [in] the area of the Copaquire ravine”, Región de Tarapacá, Chile, by Fibla et al. (2018: 68); stated considered incorrect and modified to “Aguas Calientes”, near Ollagüe (21°17’44.35” S; 68°20’08.69” W; at 3,717 m a.s.l.), by Cuevas et al. (2020: 200), considered erroneous and corrected to “Miño, an abandoned mining camp located near the origin of the Loa River”, 3870 m elevation, Antofagasta, Chile, by Correa (2021: 189).

Synonyms

• Telmatobius dankoi Formas, Northland, Capetillo, Nuñez, Cuevas & Brieva, 1999: 429 [synonymised by Von Tschirnhaus & Correa (2021: 21)]
  • Holotype: IZUA 2108, adult ♂, collected by César Cuevas, Carlos Jara and J. Ramón Formas on 14 March 1998. [destroyed by fire on 3 December 2007]
  • Type locality: “Las Cascadas, 22°29′54″ S—68°58′18″ W, 2260 m de altitud, 3 km al sur de Calama, Provincia El Loa, Región de Antofagasta, vertiente occidental de la Cordillera de los Andes, Chile”.

• Telmatobius vilamensis Formas, Benavides & Cuevas, 2003: 255 [synonymised by Von Tschirnhaus & Correa (2021: 21)]
  • Holotype: IZUA 3080, audlt ♂, collected by C. Cuevas, J.R. Formas and C. Jara on 17 April 1997. [destroyed by fire on 3 December 2007]
  • Type locality: “Río Vilama (22°51′43″ S, 68°23′25″ W; 3110 m), 6.5 km NE (by road) of San Pedro de Atacama, Provincia El Loa, Región de Antofagasta, Chile”.

References

Primary references

• Noble, G.K. 1938. A new species of frog of the genus Telmatobius from Chile. American Museum Novitates 973: 1–3. hdl: 2246/3914 Reference page. 
• Formas, J.R., Northland, I., Capetillo, J., Nuñez, J.J., Cuevas, C.C. & Brieva, L.M. 1999. Telmatobius dankoi, una nueva especie de rana acuatica del norte de Chile (Leptodactylidae). Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 72: 427–445. PDF Reference page. 
• Formas, J.R., Benavides, E. & Cuevas, C.C. 2003. A new species of Telmatobius (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Río Vilama, northern Chile, and the redescription of T. halli Noble. Herpetologica 59(2): 253–270. DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2003)059[0253:ANSOTA]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 
• Fibla, P., Salinas, H., Lobos, G., Del Pozo, T., Fabres, A. & Méndez, M.A. 2018. Where is the enigmatic Telmatobius halli Noble 1938? Rediscovery and clarification of a frog species not seen for 80 year. Zootaxa 4527(1): 61–74. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4527.1.5 . ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Cuevas, C.C., Formas, J.R., Alvarado-Rybak, M., Peñafiel-Ricaurte, A. & Azat, C. 2020. Rediscovery of the enigmatic Andean frog Telmatobius halli Noble (Anura: Telmatobiidae), re-description of the tadpole and comments on new adult’s characters, type locality and conservation status. Zootaxa 4834(2): 195–206. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4834.2.2 Reference page. 
• Correa, C. 2021. A solution to the enigma of the type locality of Telmatobius halli Noble, 1938 (Anura, Telmatobiidae), a frog lost for 86 years. Zookeys 1060: 183–192. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1060.67904 Reference page. 
• von Tschirnhaus, J. & Correa, C. 2021. The definitive rediscovery of Telmatobius halli (Anura, Telmatobiidae) at its historic type locality and its synonymy with T. dankoi and T. vilamensis. ZooKeys 1079: 1–33. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1079.69036 Reference page. 

Links

• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Telmatobius halli . Accessed on 21 May 2008.
• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2015. IUCN: Telmatobius halli  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T21582A79809691. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T21582A79809691.en. Accessed on 27 December 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Loa Water Frog