Hyla valancifer Firschein and Smith, 1956, Herpetologica, 12: 18. Holotype: UIMNH 35398, by original designation. Type locality: "Volcán San Martín, 4500 ft., Veracruz, Mexico".
Ecnomiohyla valancifer — Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 100.
Ecnomiohyla valencifer — Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 12. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
San Martin Fringe-limbed Treefrog (Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 23; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 58).
Lichenose Fringe-limbed Treefrog (Campbell, 1998, Amph. Rept. N. Guatemala Yucatan Belize: 82).
Fringe-limbed Treefrog (Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 12).
Elevations of 500-1180 m in the Sierra de Los Tuxtlas, southern Veracruz, Mexico.
See comments under Ecnomiohyla minera and Ecnomiohyla salvaje which were previously confused with this species. See account by Duellman, 1970, Monogr. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas: 342-346, Lee, 2000, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Maya World: 105-107, and note by Duellman, 2001, Hylid Frogs Middle Am., Ed. 2: 898. See illustration, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 246.
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