Aplastodiscus albosignatus (Lutz and Lutz, 1938)
Hyla albosignata Lutz and Lutz, 1938, An. Acad. Brasil. Cienc., 10: 185. Holotype: AL-MNRJ 722 according to Duellman, 1977, Das Tierreich, 95: 28. Type locality: "Alto da Serra de Cubatão, in the state of S. Paulo", Brazil. Given as "Paranapiacaba (= Alto da Serra), São Paulo", Brazil by Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 44.
Aplastodiscus albosignatus — Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 82.
Boana albosignata — Wiens, Fetzner, Parkinson, and Reeder, 2005, Syst. Biol., 54: 743. by implication.
English Names
Lutz's Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 53).
Distribution
Serra do Mar and Serra da Mantiqueira in southeastern Brazil.
Comment
In the former Hyla albomarginata group of Duellman, 1970, Monogr. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas: 240. In the more exclusive Hyla albosignata subgroup of Cruz and Peixoto, 1987 "1985", Arq. Univ. Fed. Rural Rio de Janeiro, 8: 103-105. Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 82, transferred this group into Aplastodiscus, as the Aplastidiscus albisignatus group. See comments under Aplastodiscus callipygius, Aplastodiscus cavicola, Aplastodiscus flumineus, and Aplastodiscus leucopygius. See account by Heyer, Rand, Cruz, Peixoto, and Nelson, 1990, Arq. Zool., São Paulo, 31: 257-258.
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