Hyla polytaenia cipoensis Lutz, 1968, Pearce-Sellards Ser., 12: 9. Holotype: MNRJ 4039, by original designation. Type locality: "near Alto do Palacio, in Cerra do Cipó, municipality Jaboticatubas, between Lagoa Santa and Ferros, Minas Gerais, at approximately 1,300 meters elevation", 19° 30′ S, 43° 44′ W, Brazil.
Hyla cipoensis — Cruz and Caramaschi, 1998, Bol. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, N.S., Zool., 392: 4.
Hypsiboas cipoensis — Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 88.
Boana cipoensis — Wiens, Fetzner, Parkinson, and Reeder, 2005, Syst. Biol., 54: 743. by implication.
Pajamas Treefrog (Eterovick and Sazima, 2004, Anf. Serra do Cipó: 43).
Mountains of central Minas Gerais, Brazil, above 900 m elevation.
See Cruz and Caramaschi, 1998, Bol. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, N.S., Zool., 392: 1-19, for account and placement in the Hyla polytaenia group. In the Hyla pulchella group, Hyla polytaenia clade of Faivovich, Garcia, Ananias, Lanari, Basso, and Wheeler, 2004, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 32: 944. In the Hypsiboas pulchellus group of Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 87-88. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 616. Eterovick and Sazima, 2004, Anf. Serra do Cipó: 43-44, provided a photograph and brief account (as Hyla cipoensis).
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