Quote Originally Posted by Kurt View Post
Klappenbachi? If this is a joke, I don't get it.
No i'm not joking Kurt, most of the stelzneri sold are in fact Melanophryniscus klappenbachi,
only know rather few people owning the real M.stelzneri.
The care and breeding reports are mostly based upon klappenbachi anyways, so caresheets should apply just fine.

It used to be in the stelzneri group, but it became it's own species.
I mentioned it on different sites already, showed some pdf's, but i believe that most people like to stick to stelzneri since it is sold that way.
In Holland, gladly, most sellers/breeders have changed the name to the proper one.

I know that there are still some reference sites that didn't update this.
If you look here:

CalPhotos

and look at the descriptions i gave, it's clear that under the stelzneri pictures, there are 3 different species.
Namely, M.stelzneri, M.fulvoguttatus and M.klappenbachi.

Top 4 on that page, with lots of small round dots is the fulvoguttatus.
Then bottom 2 are stelzneri, you may seperate them from klappenbachi by looking at the yellow pattern.
As you might see, the yellow blotches aren't present on the entire back, so isn't the typical mustache.
Another possible identifier is the presence of black within the yellow dots and blotches, this may occur in klappenbachi, but doesn't show in stelzneri.