Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Hyla albofrenata Lutz, 1924, C. R. Mém. Hebd. Séances Soc. Biol. Filial., Paris, 90 (1925, vol. 1): 241. Syntypes: Not stated, presumably originally in IOC, but transferred to the MNRJ; according to Cochran, 1961, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 220: 50, and Duellman, 1977, Das Tierreich, 95: 25-26, syntypes are AL-MNRJ 577 (2 specimens, Tijuca), USNM 96478 (Angra dos Reis), 96319 (Sumare), 96339-45 (Paineiras); MCZ 25695 (on exchange from USNM, considered a syntype by Barbour and Loveridge, 1946, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 96: 120); UMMZ 68786 (3 adults, 2 tadpoles) regarded as syntypes by Kluge, 1983, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 166: 41. Type locality: "Environs of Rio de Janeiro", Brazil. Corrected to "Tijuca", "Angra dos Reis", "Sumare", and "Paneiras", all in the vicinity of Rio de Janeiro, by Cochran, 1961, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 220: 50.

Aplastodiscus albofrenatus — Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 82.

Boana albofrenata — Wiens, Fetzner, Parkinson, and Reeder, 2005, Syst. Biol., 54: 743. by implication.

English Names

White-fronted Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 53).

Distribution

Mountain slopes of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Comment

In the Hyla albomarginata group, according to Duellman, 1970, Monogr. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas: 240. In the more exclusive Hyla albofrenata subgroup of Cruz and Peixoto, 1987 "1985", Arq. Univ. Fed. Rural Rio de Janeiro, 8: 103-105. In the Aplastodiscus albofrenatus group of Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 82.

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