Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Hyla aurata Wied-Neuwied, 1821, Reise Brasil. Jahr. 1815-1817, 2: 249. Type(s): Not designated, but presumably including animal figured by Wied-Neuwied, 1824, Abbild. Naturgesch. Brasil., Heft 7: pl. 43, fig. 3; KU 125383 designated neotype by Duellman and Wiens, 1992, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 151: 5. Type locality: "S. Agnés" (= Santa Inês), Bahia, Brazil. Neotype from "Maracás, Estado do Bahia, Brasil." This neotype designation not necessary to disintguish Hyla aurata from Hyla cuspidata as the latter does not occur in Bahia, Brazil (DRF).

Scinax auratus — Wagler, 1830, Nat. Syst. Amph.: 201. by implication.

Ololygon aurata — Fouquette and Delahoussaye, 1977, J. Herpetol., 11: 394.

Scinax aurata — Duellman and Wiens, 1992, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 151: 5, 21.

Scinax auratus — Köhler and Böhme, 1996, Rev. Fr. Aquar. Herpetol., 23: 139.

English Names

Santa Ines Snouted Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 63).

Distribution

Extreme northeastern Minas Gerais (Salto da Divisa) through eastern Bahia and Sergipe to Paraíba, Brazil.

Comment

Not assigned to species group, although associated with the Hyla ruber group by Bokermann, 1969, Rev. Brasil. Biol., 29: 159-162. In the Scinax ruber clade, unassigned to group, of Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 97. Santana, Costa, Drummond, Ferreira, and Feio, 2009, Check List, 5: 246-248, provided the first record for Alagoas, discussed and mapped the range and provided a photograph. Protázio, Cavalcanti, Mesquita, and Protázio, 2011, Herpetol. Rev., 42: 108-109, provided a record for Paraíba (state) and commented on the range.

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