Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Osteocephalus taurinus Fitzinger, 1843, Syst. Rept.: 30. Nomen nudum.

Osteocephalus taurinus Steindachner, 1862, Arch. Zool. Anat. Fisiol., Fasc. 1, 2: 77. Holotype: NHMW 16492 according to Duellman, 1977, Das Tierreich, 95: 150, and Häupl and Tiedemann, 1978, Kat. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 2: 26. Type locality: "Barra do Rio Negro, [Manáus, Amazonas] in Brasilien".

Osteocephalus flavolineatus Steindachner, 1862, Arch. Zool. Anat. Fisiol., Fasc. 1, 2: 80. Holotype: NHMW 16495 according to Duellman, 1977, Das Tierreich, 95: 150, and Häupl and Tiedemann, 1978, Kat. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 2: 26. Type locality: "Cocuy [= Cucuí, Amazonas], in Brasilien". Tentative synonymy by Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 363.

Trachycephalus (Osteocephalus) taurinus — Steindachner, 1867, Reise Österreichischen Fregatte Novara, Zool., Amph.: 64.

Trachycephalus (Osteocephalus) flavolineatus Steindachner, 1867, Reise Österreichischen Fregatte Novara, Zool., Amph.: 64.

Hyla taurina — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 363. Rivero, 1961, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 126: 110.

Hyla planiceps — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 364.

Hyla (Trachycephalus) taurina — Melin, 1941, Göteborgs K. Vetensk. Vitterh. Samh. Handl., Ser. B, 1: 38.

Hyla depressa Andersson, 1945, Ark. Zool., 37A(2): 73. Holotype: NHRM 1966, according to Duellman, 1977, Das Tierreich, 95: 150. Type locality: "Rio Pastaza, Watershed", eastern Ecuador. Synonymy by Trueb and Duellman, 1971, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 1: 31.

Osteocephalus taurinus — Goin, 1961, Ann. Carnegie Mus., 36: 13. Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 64.

English Names

Manaus Slender-legged Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 61).

Distribution

Amazon Basin of Ecuador, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, as well as the upper Orinoco Basin of Venezuela, and the Guianas.

Comment

De la Riva, Márquez, and Bosch, 1995, J. Herpetol., 29: 116, suggested on the basis of call variation that this nominal species may conceal a number of cryptic species. Lescure and Marty, 2000, Collect. Patrimoines Nat., Paris, 45: 188-189, provided a photo and brief account for French Guiana. See comments regarding Venezuelan population by Gorzula and Señaris, 1999 "1998", Scient. Guaianae, 8: 38. Kok and Kalamandeen, 2008, Intr. Taxon. Amph. Kaieteur Natl. Park, 5: 188-189, provided an account. See account for Surinam population by Ouboter and Jairam, 2012, Amph. Suriname: 168-169.

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