Geographic Distribution Record of Atelognathus reverberii

MARTINAZZO, L. B.; BASSO, N. G.; UBEDA, C. A

HERPETOLOGICAL REVIEW

SSAR

Lugar: Salt Lake City, Utah; Año: 2011 vol. 42 p. 236 - 236

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ATELOGNATHUS REVERBERII. ARGENTINA: RIO NEGRO: Departamento 25 de Mayo: El Caín: Meseta de Somuncurá (41.68461ºS, 68.19228º W; WGS 84; elev. 1050 m). 02 February 1999. Javier Muzón and Pablo Marino. Verified by Jorge D. Williams. Herpetological collection, Centro Nacional Patagónico (CNP-L 201-202); CHUBUT: Departamento Telsen: Gan Gan 42.51042º, S 67.97728º W; WGS 84; elev. 920 m). 09 March 2000. Néstor G. Basso and Leandro Alcalde. Verified by Jorge D. Williams. Herpetological collection, Centro Nacional Patagónico (CNP-L 204-208). Previously known only from its type locality, Laguna Minuelo, Meseta de Somuncurá, Río Negro Province (Cei, 1969. J. Herpetol. 3:1-18) and closely surrounding lagoons. Verification supported with mitochondrial data from control region (Dloop), cytochrome b (CytB) and cytochome oxidase subunit one (COI) genes (Basso, Martinazzo and Úbeda, unpubl. data). Specimens collected were found under stones surrounding small lagoons in the arid Patagonian steppe, in sympatry and syntopy with the frog Pleurodema bufoninum. These vouchers extend the record 130 km airline W in the Province of Rio Negro and 150 km airline SW from the type locality, being the first record for the Province of Chubut.