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Alsodes monticola

Alsodes monticola
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Alsodidae
Genus: Alsodes
Species: A. monticola
Binomial name
Alsodes monticola
Bell, 1843
Synonyms

Caccotus coppingeri Günther, 1881
Eupsophus coppingeri Capurro, 1958


Caccotus coppingeri Günther, 1881
Eupsophus coppingeri Capurro, 1958

Alsodes monticola (common name: island spiny-chest frog) is a species of frog in the Alsodidae family. It is found in southern Chile and western Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, though its presence in Argentina is disputed. Its habitat preferences are not known, but the region of the type locality (the island of Inchy, in the Chonos Archipelago) has tundra and islands of Nothofagus forest.



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