Physalaemus cuqui

Physalaemus cuqui
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Leptodactylidae
Genus:	Physalaemus
Species:	P. cuqui
Binomial name
Physalaemus cuqui Lobo, 1993

Physalaemus cuqui is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and possibly Paraguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, ponds, irrigated land, and canals and ditches.

Taxonomy

In 2023, it was suggested that it is a junior synonym of Physalaemus albonotatus , as it was found to lack the characters previously considered to diagnose the species. The characters they looked at were advertisement calls, morphometric variables and osteology and the molecular analisys put them in the same lineage. ^[2]

References

1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Physalaemus cuqui". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T57249A101431302. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T57249A101431302.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. Cardozo, Dario; Tomatis, Cristian; Duport Bru, Ana S.; Kolenc, Francisco; Borteiro, Claudio; Pansonato, André; Confalonieri, Viviana; Lourenço, Luciana Bolsoni; Haddad, Célio F.B.; Baldo, Diego (2023-12-20). "The Taxonomic Status of Physalaemus cuqui Lobo, 1993, with the Description of a New Species of Physalaemus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Argentina and Paraguay" . Herpetological Monographs. 37 (1): 95–128. doi:10.1655/herpmonographs-d-22-00003. ISSN   0733-1347.

• Reichle, S.; De la Riva, I.; Lavilla, E. (2004). "Physalaemus cuqui". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2004 e.T57249A11608871. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T57249A11608871.en . Retrieved 21 December 2017.