Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis (Schneider, 1799:137)

Wagner, Philipp, Bauer, Aaron M., Leviton, Alan E., Wilms, Thomas M. & Böhme, Wolfgang, 2016, A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Afghanistan *, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 63 (13), pp. 457-565 : 466

Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis (Schneider, 1799:137)

1799 Rana cyanophlyctis Schneider, Historiae Amphibiorum naturalis et literarariae. Fasciculus Primus continens Ranas, Calamitas, Bufones, Salamandras et Hydros in genera et species descriptos notisque suis distinctos. Vol 1. Friederici Frommanni, Jena. xiii + (1) + 264 + (2) pp., pls. 1–2.

SYNTYPES.— ZMB 3197–98 (fide Peters [1863]), from “ India orientali” (probably from Tranquebar [ Tharangambadi, Nagapattinam District, Tamil Nadu, India] fide Bauer 1998) .

SYNONYMS.— Rana cyanophlyctis var. seistanica Nikolskii, 1899 from “ Neizar in Seistano ” [Neizar, Kerman, Iran] (Holotype: ZISP 2503 ). Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis microspinulata Khan, 1997 from “side pool of a stream on the southwest of Khuzdar (southeast Kalat Division , Balochistan, Pakistan; lat. 27°53′N, long. 66°36′E),” (Holotype: BMNH 1990 .8; see remarks).

LOCALITIES.— 48 km W Dilaram ( FMNH 161982 ) ; Geresk Basic Health Center ( CAS 147433 ) ; Helmand River, Chah-i-Angir ( CAS 133827 ) ; Jalalabad ( CAS 103776–77 , ZFMK 7937–40 ) ; 10 mi W of Jalalabad [34°30′N, 70°22′E] ( CAS 96179–88 ) ; 20 km SW Jalalabad ( CAS 120515 ) ; 20 mi from Jalalabad [towards Kabul] ( CAS 147438–42 ) ; ca. 25 km SE (by air) Jalalabad (2020 ft.) ( MVZ 236870–75 , MVZ 237434–35 ); 45 – 15 km W of Jalalabad ( CAS 120505–14 ) ; Khost ( CAS 96168–70 ) ; Lashkargah ( CAS 120682 , CAS 147434–36 ); Oarya-e-Matun , vic. of Khost [Paktia Prov., 1160 m] ( ZMK 2731 ) [see pl. 1, fig. 7 for distribution].

REMARKS.— Clark (1990) mentioned specimens from Lashkargah that were collected from irrigation channels and in steep-sided pools. A specimen with the number “1990.8” does not now and never existed at the BMNH (pers. comm. F. Tillak). Therefore, the type specimen was never inventoried in the BMNH and is probably still in a private collection or lost .