Elachistocleis ovalis

Schnieder, 1799

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Panamá and Colombia southward, east of the Andes, to Argentina; Trinidad.

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Status: Not Listed, but habitat destruction threatens amphibians worldwide.

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Ibáñez, R., Rand, A.S., and Jaramillo, C.A. 1999 The Amphibians of Barro Colorado Nature Monument, Soberania National Park and Adjacent Areas. Impreso por D'Vinni Editorial Ltda., Bogota, Colombia.
Auth, D.L. 1994 Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Panama, Smithsonian Herptological Information Service. 98.
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

Rana ovalis Schneider, 1799, Hist. Amph., 1: 131. Type(s): Not traced. Type locality: Not stated.
Bufo ovalis--Daudin, 1802, Hist. Nat. Rain. Gren. Crap.: 92.
Engystoma ovale--Fitzinger, 1826, Neue Classif. Rept.: 65; Günther, 1859 "1858", Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus.: 51.
Microps unicolor Wagler, 1828, Isis von Oken, 21: 744. Substitute name for Rana ovalis Schneider, 1799. Synonymy by Duméril and Bibron, 1841, Erp. Gén., 8: 741.
Stenocephalus microps Tschudi, 1838, Classif. Batr.: 86. Substitute name for Rana ovalis Schneider, 1799. Synonymy by Duméril and Bibron, 1841, Erp. Gén., 8: 741.
Engystoma microps--Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920, Rev. Mus. Paulista, 20: 282.
Gastrophryne ovalis--Stejneger, 1910, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 23: 166.
Gastrophryne microps--Stejneger, 1910, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 23: 166.
Engystoma ovalis--Nieden, 1926, Das Tierreich, 49: 66.
Elachistocleis ovale ovale--Parker, 1927, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 187: 4.
Elachistocleis ovalis--Mertens, 1930, Folia Zool. Hydrobiol. Univ. Lettlands, 1: 163.
Rivero, 1961, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 126: 177.

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