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Dendropsophus aperomeus (Duellman, 1982)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hylidae > Subfamily: Hylinae > Genus: Dendropsophus

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Hyla aperomea Duellman, 1982, Amphibia-Reptilia, 3: 153. Holotype: KU 181812, by original designation. Type locality: "8 km NNE (by road) of Balzapata, 1850 m, Departamento Amazónas, Perú (05° 46′ S, 74° 47′ W)".

Dendropsophus aperomeus — Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 92.

English Names

Balzapata Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 54).

Distribution

Amazonian slopes of Andes in northern and central Peru.

Comment

In the Dendropsophus minimus group of Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 92-93. The Hyla minima group should be placed within the Hyla parviceps group according to Duellman, 2001, Hylid Frogs Middle Am., Ed. 2: 859. See comment under Dendropsophus relating to the status of the minimus group.

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