Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Hyla decipiens Lutz, 1925, C. R. Mém. Hebd. Séances Soc. Biol. Filial., Paris, 93 (1925, vol. 2): 212. Syntypes: Not stated; AL-MNRJ 90-91 and USNM 96194 according to Duellman, 1977, Das Tierreich, 95: 51, and (likely) USNM 96150 according to Cochran, 1961, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 220: 53 (not mentioned by Duellman in his subsequent catalog). Type locality: "près de Rio [de Janeiro]", Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Hyla decipiens decipiens — Lutz, 1973, Brazil. Spec. Hyla: 212. By implication.

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

English Names

Brazilian Coastal Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 55).

Distribution

Coastal region of eastern Brazil from Pernambuco to Rio de Janeiro.

Comment

See Lutz, 1973, Brazil. Spec. Hyla: 208. Provisionally placed in the Hyla microcephala group by Bastos and Pombal, 1996, Amphibia-Reptilia, 17: 325-331. Pugliese, Alves, and Carvalho-e-Silva, 2000, Alytes, 18: 73-80, doubted its assignment to this group. Izecksohn and Carvalho-e-Silva, 2001, Anf. Municipio Rio de Janeiro: 47, provided a brief account and photo. In the Dendropsophus microcephalus group of Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 91-92.

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