Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Hypsiboas dominicensis Tschudi, 1838, Classif. Batr.: 29, 72. Syntypes: MNHNP 4614 (4 specimens), according to Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 19. Type locality: "Saint-Domingue".

Hyla dominicensis — Tschudi, 1838, Classif. Batr.: 72.

Trachycephalus dominicensis — Duméril and Bibron, 1841, Erp. Gen., 8: 540.

Trachycephalus ovatus Cope, 1863, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 15: 44. Holotype: MCZ 1518, according to Barbour and Loveridge, 1929, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 69: 351. Type locality: "Hayti [= Haiti] near Jeremie". Synonymy by Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 369; Barbour, 1914, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., 44: 238.

Hyla ovata — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 369.

Hyla dominicensis — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 370.

Hyla (Trachycephalus) ovata — Fischer, 1887, Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst., 5: 44.

Hyla (Trachycephalus) dominicensis — Meerwarth, 1901, Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hamburg, 18: 40.

Hyla septentrionalis dominicensis — Barbour, 1937, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 82: 81.

Hyla dominicensis dominicensis — Mertens, 1938, Senckenb. Biol., 20: 332. Mittleman, 1950, Herpetologica, 6: 26.

Osteopilus dominicensis — Trueb and Tyler, 1974, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 24: 38.

English Names

Dominican Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 61).

Distribution

Hispaniola, including Ile de la Gonâve, Ile-à-Vache, Ile Grande Cayemite, Ile de la Tortue, and Isla Saona (West Indies).

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