Alsodes monticola Bell, 1843
Island spiny-chest frog
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
Last (and only) record: 1800's (IUCN SSC ASG, 2019; Martin et al., 2023)
IUCN RedList status: Data Deficient
Distribution & Habitat
Inchy Island, southern Chile
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Bell, T. (1843). Reptiles. Part IV. The Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N., during the years 1832 to 1836. Smith Elder Publ., London.
Other references:
Cei, J. M. and Gil, G. (1996). Presencia de Alsodes monticola Bell, 1843, en la region occidental de la provincia de Santa Cruz, Argentina (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Cuadernos de Herpetología: 74.
Díaz-Páez, H. and Ortiz, J. C. (2003). Evaluación del estado de conservación de los anfibios en Chile. Assessment of the conservation status of amphibians in Chile. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 76: 509-525.
Formas, J. R., Nuñez, J. J. and Cuevas, C. C. (2008). Identidad de la rana austral chilena Eupsophus coppingeri (Amphibia, Anura, Neobatrachia): evidencias morfologicas, cromosomicas y moleculares. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 81: 3-20.
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2019). Alsodes monticola. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T45477126A45477140. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T45477126A45477140.en. Accessed on 06 March 2024.
Lynch, J. D. (1968). The identity of a Chilean frog, Alsodes monticola Bell, and the status of the genus Alsodes. Herpetologica 24(3): 255-257.
Martin, Thomas E., Bennett, Gareth C., Fairbairn, Andrew J. and Mooers, A. Ø. (2023). ‘Lost’ taxa and their conservation implications. Animal Conservation 26(1): 14-24. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12788 [Appendix S2 (1617 taxa not seen >10 years); Appendix S3 (562 taxa not seen >50 years)]