Reassessment of the taxonomic status of the genera Ischnocnema Reinhardt and Lutken, 1862 and Oreobates Jimenez-de-la-Espada, 1872, with notes on the synonymy of Leiuperus verrucosus Reinhardt and Lutken, 1862 (Anura: Leptodactylidae)

The taxonomic status of two leptodactylid frog genera is reevaluated. Ischnocnema Reinhardt and Lutken, 1862 is considered a junior synonym of Eleutherodactylus Dumeril and Bibron, and the combination E. verrucosus (Reinhardt and Lutken, 1862) is proposed. Oreobates Jimenez-de-laEspada, 1872 is revalidated, and the combinations Oreobates quixensis Jimenez-de-la-Espada, 1872, O. simmonsi (Lynch, 1974), O. saxatilis (Duellman, 1990), O. sanctaecrucis (Harvey and Keck, 1995), and O. sanderi (Padial, Reichle and De la Riva, 2005) are proposed. Epsophus verrucosus Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937 is synonymized with Eleutherodactylus verrucosus (Reinhardt and Lutken, 1862). Key words: Amphibia; Anura; Leptodactylidae; Ischnocnema; Oreobates; Taxonomy