| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2006 |
| Authors: | Heyer, RW, Caramaschi, U, de Sá, RO |
| Journal: | Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature |
| Volume: | 63 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page: | 184 |
| Pagination: | 184-186 |
| Date Published: | 09/2006 |
| Type of Article: | Case |
| ISSN: | 0007-5167 |
| Keywords: | Amphibia, Anura, frog, Leptodactylus, Leptodactylus ocellatus, Nomenclature, South America, taxonomy |
| Abstract: | The purpose of this application, under Article 75.6 of the Code, is to conserve the usage of the specific name of Rana ocellata Linnaeus, 1758 for a species of leptodactylid frog from South America by the designation of a neotype. Prevailing usage of the name is threatened by the identity of the type specimen which is a different species than that which is currently known as Leptodactylus ocellatus. It is proposed that all name-bearing types be set aside and a neotype designated in accord with prevailing usage. |
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