Leptodactylus podicipinus

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Leptodactylus podicipinus

Leptodactylus podicipinus (Cope 1862)

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Other Published Names: Rana diminuta (Freiberg, 1972); rana de pecho con pintas (de Sá, 1983); rana de vientre moteado (Achaval & Olmos, 1997, 2003); speckled bellied frog (Achaval & Olmos, 1997); pointed belly frog (Frank & Ramus, 1995; Crump, 2002); pointed belly frog (Achaval & Olmos, 2003; Straneck et al., 1993); ranita de vientre punteado (Straneck et al., 1993); ranita vientre punteado (Álvarez et al., 2002).

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Comment: Cope (as was typical for the time when all scientists knew Greek and Latin) did not comment on the derivation of the name podicipinus. The name could be derived from either Latin or Greek. The Latin podex, podicis means rump and pinus means pine. The Greek podos (foot) or podicus (of the foot) and pinos (dirt) are also possible roots for the scientific name.

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Paraguay; Itapua; El Tirol. USNM recording 181 cut 16.