title: The identity of Rana lutea Molina, 1782 (Amphibia, Anura).
abstract: Rana lutea is one of the two anuran species described in 1782 by the Chilean born priest and naturalist Juan Ignacio Molina, and its nomenclatural history is confusing. After a detailed revision of the pertinent literature, we demonstrate that Bufo thaul Schneider, 1799, is a junior objective synonym of Rana lutea Molina, 1782, but based on the usage of both nomina, we revert the precedence and consider Rana lutea Molina, 1782 as a nomen oblitum whereas Bufo thaul Schneider, 1799 is a nomen protectum. Thus, the authorship of the species currently known as Pleurodema thaul (Lesson, 1826) changes to Pleurodema thaul (Schneider, 1799).
authors.affiliation: División Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"- CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Email: dferraro@macn.gov.ar.
authors.forename: Daiana P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Ferraro
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Herpetología, Fundación Miguel Lillo - CONICET, San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina; Email: eolavilla@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Esteban O
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: Lavilla
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura / Q000145:classification*; D009626:Terminology as Topic