Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Hyla bischoffi Boulenger, 1887, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 5, 20: 298. Syntypes: BMNH 1947.2.12.81-82 (formerly 88.11.30.7-8) according to Condit, 1964, J. Ohio Herpetol. Soc., 4: 88. Type locality: "Mundo Novo, [Taquara,] Rio Grande do Sul", Brazil.

Hyla vittigera Werner, 1894, Zool. Anz., 17: 412. Holotype: Presumably NHMW, not mentioned in recent type lists. Type locality: "Blumenau in der Provinz Santa Catharina, Brasilien". Synonymy by Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 64.

Hyla multilineata Lutz and Lutz, 1939, An. Acad. Brasil. Cienc., 11: 72. Holotype: A. Lutz collection, now AL-MNRJ 726 according to Duellman, 1977, Das Tierreich, 95: 38. Type locality: "Alto da Serra de Cubutão, State of S. Paulo", Brazil. Given as "Paranapiacaba (= Alto da Serra), São Paulo", Brazil by Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 56. Synonymy by Cochran, 1955 "1954", Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 206: 84.

Hyla bischoffi bischoffi — Cochran, 1955 "1954", Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 206: 84. by implication.

Hyla bischoffi multilineata — Cochran, 1955 "1954", Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 206: 84.

Hypsiboas bischoffi — Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 88.

Boana bischoffi — Wiens, Fetzner, Parkinson, and Reeder, 2005, Syst. Biol., 54: 743. by implication.

English Names

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

Distribution

Southeastern Brazil from Rio de Janeiro to Rio Grande do Sul.

Comment

Related to Hyla pulchella according to the original publication. In the Hypsiboas pulchellus group of Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 87-88. See account (under Hyla multilineata [for ambiguous reasons]) by Heyer, Rand, Cruz, Peixoto, and Nelson, 1990, Arq. Zool., São Paulo, 31: 252-253. In the Hyla pulchella group of Faivovich, Garcia, Ananias, Lanari, Basso, and Wheeler, 2004, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 32: 945.

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