Phyllodytes acuminatus Bokermann, 1966, An. Acad. Brasil. Cienc., 38: 342. Holotype: WCAB 2701, by original designation; now in MZUSP. Type locality: "Mangabeiras, Alagoas, Brasil".
Alagoas Heart-tongued Frogs (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 61).
Known only from Alagoas and Recife and municipality of Buíque, in Pernambuco, Brazil.
In the Phyllodytes luteolus group of Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 110. Santos and Silva, 2010, Herpetol. Rev., 41: 104, provided a second record for Pernambuco, Brazil, and commented on the range.
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