Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Coelonotus fissilis Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920, Rev. Mus. Paulista, São Paulo, 12: 324. Syntypes: MZUSP 30a-c; MZUSP 30A designated lectotype by Bokermann, 1950, Pap. Avulsos Zool., São Paulo, 9: 218. Type locality: "Serra do Macahé, Estado do Rio [de Janeiro]", Brazil. Given as "Serra de Macaé, Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro", Brazil by Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 28.

Flectonotus ulei Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 27: 109. Holotype: MNRJ 271, according to Miranda-Ribeiro, 1955, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 42: 411. Type locality: "Nova Friburgo, E[stado]. do Rio [de Janeiro]", Brazil. Synonymy by Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 41.

Nototheca fissilis — Bokermann, 1950, Pap. Avulsos Zool., São Paulo, 9: 218.

Flectonotus fissilis — Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 41. Weygoldt and Carvalho-e-Silva, 1991, Amphibia-Reptilia, 12: 67-80; by implication.

Fritziana fissilis — Duellman and Gray, 1983, Herpetologica, 39: 333. Duellman, Jungfer, and Blackburn, 2011, Phyllomedusa, 10: 19.

English Names

Split-backed Frog (Cochran, 1961, Living Amph. World: 137; Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 54).

Serra de Macae Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 52).

Distribution

Mountains of southeastern Brazil (states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Espiritu Santo), 500-1800 m.

Comment

See account by Heyer, Rand, Cruz, Peixoto, and Nelson, 1990, Arq. Zool., São Paulo, 31: 252-253.

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