Caution with amphibian subspecies

Curators
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Amphibian Species of the World 6.2, ambiguously lists subspecies in the synonym section, with the result that all amphibian subspecies are incorrectly reported as invalid by many taxonomic references.

cf. :
https://www.inaturalist.org/flags/651260#activity_comment_6733d704-a153-45cd-bf84-3b83e538c30d

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Do they list all subspecies as synonyms or just some of them?

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I think they list all subspecies in the synonyms section leading to the confusion that they are invalid