Eupsophus insularis

Correa, Claudio & Duran, Felipe, 2019, Taxonomy, systematics and geographic distribution of ground frogs (Alsodidae, Eupsophus): a comprehensive synthesis of the last six decades of research, ZooKeys 863, pp. 107-152 : 125-126

Eupsophus insularis Fig. 3A

Type locality.

Isla Mocha ( Philippi 1902, Formas and Vera 1982); locality 29 of Fig. 3A .

Geographic distribution.

Another of the six species of the roseus group endemic to Chile, which would have a restricted distribution according to Suárez-Villota et al. (2018b). Correa et al. (2017) reported its presence in two localities on the southern part of the Nahuelbuta Range, one of them in front of Isla Mocha (Primer Agua), which were not included in the species delimitation study of Suárez-Villota et al. (2018b). We recognize these populations as E. insularis because of their close phylogenetic relationship with specimens from Isla Mocha and because they clearly belong to a clade other than the one that includes the geographically closest species ( E. contulmoensis , E. nahuelbutensis and E. roseus ; Correa et al. 2017). The map of IUCN (2019) coincides with previous representations ( Nuñez 2003, Rabanal and Nuñez 2008) that restrict the species only to Isla Mocha. However, the continental populations assigned to this species by Correa et al. (2017) would be within the distribution range of E. roseus according to IUCN (2019).

Figures

Figure 3. Compilation of localities of Eupsophus species gathered from the literature (see the complete list of localities in Appendix 1). Multicolored circles and the star indicate localities where two or three species of the same group have been reported in the same or different sources. White circles indicate the localities where two undescribed species have been identified (Villarrica and Tolhuaca), two undetermined populations included in this study (Fig. 4) and several ones considered by Correa et al. (2017) as E. roseus, whose taxonomic status is uncertain according to the current taxonomy (Suarez-Villota et al. 2018 b). Thin gray lines within Chile represent boundaries of Administrative Regions.