Hyloscirtus armatus (Boulenger, 1902)
Hyla armata Boulenger, 1902, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 7, 10: 394. Syntypes: BMNH 1947.2.13.59-60 (formerly 1901.8.2.47-48) according to Condit, 1964, J. Ohio Herpetol. Soc., 4: 88. Type locality: "La Paz, Bolivia, 4000 m."
Hyloscirtus armatus — Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 84.
Boana armata — Wiens, Fetzner, Parkinson, and Reeder, 2005, Syst. Biol., 54: 743. by implication.
English Names
Armed Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 54).
Distribution
Cloud forests at elevations of 1700-2400 m on the eastern slopes of the Andes from central Peru to central Bolivia.
Comment
The sole member of the Hyla armata group according to Duellman, De la Riva, and Wild, 1997, Sci. Pap. Nat. Hist. Mus. Univ. Kansas, 3: 13. De la Riva, Köhler, Lötters, and Reichle, 2000, Rev. Esp. Herpetol., 14: 31, suggested that the species is composite in Bolivia. See brief account by Köhler, 2000, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 48: 97. In the Hyloscirtus armatus group of Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 84. In Hyloscirtus species group B of Sánchez, 2010, Copeia, 2010: 351-363.
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