Isthmohyla pictipes (Cope, 1875)
Hyla punctariola pictipes Cope, 1875 "1876", J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Ser. 2, 8: 106. Syntypes: USNM 30631, 30652 according to Duellman, 1977, Das Tierreich, 95: 84; USNM 30652 designated lectotype ; by implication of being considered holotype) by Cochran, 1961, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 220: 58) and subsequently formally by Starrett, 1966, Bull. S. California Acad. Sci., 65: 22. Type locality: "Pico Blanco, chiefly in the rainy zone, from 5000 to 7000 feet", Provincia Limón, Costa Rica. Corrected to "Cerro Utyum, 5000-7000 ft, Cantón de Talamanca, Provincia de Limón; 1524-2134 m", Costa Rica, by Savage, 1974, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 22: 111.
Hyla punctariola moesta Cope, 1875 "1876", J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Ser. 2, 8: 106. Holotype: Probably USNM 30660 according to Cochran, 1961, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 220: 58. Type locality: "Pico Blanco, chiefly in the rainy zone, from 5000 to 7000 feet", Provincia Limón, Costa Rica. Corrected to "Cerro Utyum, 5000-7000 ft, Cantón de Talamanca, Provincia de Limón; 1524-2134 m", Costa Rica, by Savage, 1974, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 22: 111. Synonymy by Starrett, 1966, Bull. S. California Acad. Sci., 65: 17; Duellman, 1966, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 17: 273.
Hyla punctariola monticola Cope, 1875 "1876", J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Ser. 2, 8: 106. Holotype: USNM 30661 according to Cochran, 1961, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 220: 58. Type locality: "Pico Blanco, chiefly in the rainy zone, at from 5000 to 7000 feet", Provincia Limón, Costa Rica. Corrected to "Cerro Utyum, 5000-7000 ft, Cantón de Talamanca, Provincia de Limón; 1524-2134 m", Costa Rica, by Savage, 1974, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 22: 111. Synonymy by Starrett, 1966, Bull. S. California Acad. Sci., 65: 17; Duellman, 1966, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 17: 273.
Hyla moesta — Taylor, 1952, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 35: 855.
Hyla monticola — Taylor, 1952, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 35: 855.
Hyla pictipes — Taylor, 1952, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 35: 878.
Isthmohyla pictipes — Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 103.
English Names
Pico Blanco Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 57).
Distribution
Three disjunct populations in the Cordillera Central, Tilarán, and Talamanca of Costa Rica and western Panama, 1920-2770 m elevation.
Comment
Sole member of the Hyla pictipes group of Duellman, 1970, Monogr. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas: 295-300. See accounts by Savage and Heyer, 1969, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 16: 1-127, and Savage, 2002, Amph. Rept. Costa Rica: 321-323. In the Isthmohyla pictipes group of Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 102. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 254.
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