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Scarthyla goinorum (Bokermann, 1962)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hylidae > Subfamily: Hylinae > Genus: Scarthyla

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Hyla goinorum Bokermann, 1962, Neotropica, 8: 86. Holotype: WCAB 1401, by original designation; now in MZUSP. Type locality: "Tarauacá, Estado de Acre, Brasil".

Ololygon goinorum — Fouquette and Delahoussaye, 1977, J. Herpetol., 11: 393.

Scarthyla ostinodactyla Duellman and de Sá, 1988, Tropical Zool., 1: 119. Holotype: KU 205756, by original designation. Type locality: "Reserva Cuzco Amazónico, 15 km E Puerto Maldonado (12° 33′ S, 69° 03′ W, 200 m), Departamento Madre de Dios, Peru". Synonymy by De la Riva, 2000, Amphibia-Reptilia, 21: 495.

Scinax goinorum — Duellman and Wiens, 1992, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 151: 22.

Scarthyla goinorum — De la Riva, 2000, Amphibia-Reptilia, 21: 495.

English Names

Tarauaca Snouted Treefrog (Scinax goinorum: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 64).

Madre de Dios Treefrog (Scarthyla ostinodactyla [no longer recognized]: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 63).

Distribution

Upper Amazon Basin, from northern Bolivia to the Iquitos region of Peru, as well as in adjacent Colombia and Brazil.

Comment

Scinax goinorum was included in the Scinax staufferi group by Duellman and Wiens, 1992, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 151: 22; transferred to Scarthyla as a senior synonym of Scarthyla ostinodactyla by De la Riva, 2000, Amphibia-Reptilia, 21: 495. Lynch, 2005, Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. Exact. Fis. Nat., 29: 581-588, provided a specific locality for the vicinity of Leticia, Colombia. Gascon, 1994, Herpetol. Rev., 25: 162, provided a number of localities from Amazonas, Brazil.

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