Leptodactylus pentadactylus Smokey Jungle Frog or South American Bullfrog Laurenti, 1768 Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Leptodactylidae Subfamily: Leptodactylinae

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References

• Villa, J., Wilson, L.D., & J.D. Johnson 1988 Middle American Herpetology. Univ. of Missouri Press, 131 pp.
• Frank, N., & E. Ramus 1996 A Complete Guide to Scientific and Common Names of Reptiles and Amphibians of the World. NG Publishing, 337 pp

Other Available References from Amphibian Species of the World

• Rana pentadactyla Laurenti, 1768, Synops. Rept.: 32. Type(s): Not traced. Type locality: "Indiis"; corrected to Surinam by Müller, 1927, Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges., 40: 276.
• Rana gigas Spix, 1824, Spec. Nov. Testud. Ran. Brasil.: 25. Types: ZSM, presumed lost. Type locality: Amazon River, Brazil. Synonymy by Peters, 1872, Monatsber. Preuss Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1872: 198, 225; Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Brit. Mus.: 241; Heyer, 1979, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 301: 26. Preoccupied by Rana gigas Wallbaum, 1784 (= Bufo marinus).
• Rana coriacea Spix, 1824, Spec. Nov. Testud. Ran. Brasil.: 29. Syntypes: ZSM, presumed lost. Type locality: Amazon River, Brazil. Synonymy by Peters, 1872, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1872: 205, 225; Heyer, 1979, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 301: 26.
• Gnathophysa gigas--Cope, 1867 "1866", J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, (2)6: 73.
• Cystignathus pentadactylus--Peters, 1872, Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1872: 198.
• Leptodactylus pentadactylus--Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Brit. Mus.: 241.
• Leptodactylus goliath Jiménez de la Espada, 1875, Vert. Viaj. Pacif. Verif., Batr.: 57. Lectotype: MNCN 328 designated by Heyer and Peters, 1971, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 84: 167. Type locality: Chinitambo and Archidona, Sierra de Guacamayos, Oriente, Ecuador. Synonymy by Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Brit. Mus.: 242; Heyer and Peters, 1971, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 84: 167; Heyer, 1979, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 301: 26.
• Leptodactylus pentadactylus--Nieden, 1923, Das Tierreich, 46: 472.
• Leptodactylus macroblepharus Miranda Ribeiro, 1926, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 27: 144. Syntypes: MZUSP 377 (3 specimens). Type locality: XXXXX. Synonymy by XXXXX.
• Leptodactylus pentadactylus pentadactylus--Müller, 1927, Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges., 40: 276.
• Leptodactylus (Pachypus) pentadactylus--Lutz, 1930, Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz., 23: 1, 21.
• Leptodactylus pentadactylus dengleri Melin, 1941, Göteborgs K. Vetensk. Vitterh. Samh. Handl., (6)1B(4): 51. Holotype: NHMG. Type locality: "Roque, [San Martín,] Peru". Synonymy by Heyer, 1979, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 301: 26. See also comment by Taylor, 1952, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 35: 649.
• Leptodactylus pentadactylus rubidoides Andersson, 1945, Ark. Zool., 37A(2): 47. Syntypes: NHRM (7 specimens). Type locality: "Rio Pastaza", eastern Ecuador. Synonymy by Heyer and Peters, 1971, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 84: 168; Heyer, 1979, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 301: 26.

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