Osteopilus marianae (Dunn, 1926)
Hyla marianae Dunn, 1926, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 38: 129. Holotype: MCZ 11122, by original designation. Type locality: "Spaldings, Clarendon Parish (altitude 2900 feet)", Jamaica.
Osteopilus marianae — Powell and Henderson, 2003, Herpetol. Rev., 34: 342.
English Names
Spaldings Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 56).
Yellow Bromeliad Frog (Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 265).
Distribution
Central Jamaica, West Indies, 120-880 m elevation.
Comment
A member of the former Hyla wilderi group; see Trueb and Tyler, 1974, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 24: 1-60. See comments by Powell and Henderson, 2003, Herpetol. Rev., 34: 342, regarding transfer from Hyla to Osteopilus. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 265.
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