Scinax nebulosus (Spix, 1824)
Hyla nebulosa Spix, 1824, Animal. Nova Spec. Nov. Test. Ran. Brasil.: 39. Type(s): Not designated but including animal figured on pl. 10, fig. 4 of the original publication; syntypes were ZSM 2531/0 (2 specimens), now lost according to Duellman, 1977, Das Tierreich, 95: 27, and confirmed by Glaw and Franzen, 2006, Spixiana, München, 29: 168; MNRJ 4055 (holotype of Hyla egleri Lutz, 1968) designated neotype by Hoogmoed and Gruber, 1983, Spixiana, München, Suppl., 9: 369. Type locality: "in sylvis prope flumen Teffé", Amazonas, Brazil. Neotype from "'pirarucu' pond of the Museu Goeldi in Belem do Para", Pará, Brazil.
Hyla cynocephala Duméril and Bibron, 1841, Erp. Gen., 8: 558. Holotype: MNHNP 765, according to Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 18. Type locality: "Guyane". Synonymy with Scinax nebulosa by Lescure and Marty, 2000, Collect. Patrimoines Nat., Paris, 45: 158.
Hyla egleri Lutz, 1968, Pearce-Sellards Ser., 10: 8. Holotype: MNRJ 4055, by original designation. Type locality: "'pirarucu' pond of the Museu Goeldi in Belem do Para", Pará, Brazil. Synonymy by Hoogmoed and Gruber, 1983, Spixiana, München, Suppl., 9: 369.
Ololygon egleri — Fouquette and Delahoussaye, 1977, J. Herpetol., 11: 393.
Hyla cyanocephala — Duellman, 1977, Das Tierreich, 95: 97. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
Ololygon cynocephala —Duellman In Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 160.
Scinax nebulosa — Duellman and Wiens, 1992, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 151: 23.
Scinax cynocephala — Duellman and Wiens, 1992, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 151: 16, 21.
Scinax nebulosus — Köhler and Böhme, 1996, Rev. Fr. Aquar. Herpetol., 23: 139.
Scinax cynocephalus — Köhler and Böhme, 1996, Rev. Fr. Aquar. Herpetol., 23: 139.
English Names
Spix's Snouted Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 64).
Blue-headed Snouted Treefrog (Scinax cynocephala [no longer recognized]: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 64).
Distribution
Southeastern Venezuela, through the Guianas and the lower Amazon region to Alagoas in northeastern Brazil; also Amazonian Bolivia.
Comment
In the Scinax ruber clade, Scinax rostratus group of Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 96-97. Until recently this species was known as Ololygon egleri ( Lutz, 1968, Pearce-Sellards Ser., 10: 8), but Hoogmoed and Gruber, 1983, Spixiana, München, Suppl., 9: 371, noted that Hyla nebulosa Spix, 1824, is the oldest name for this species. Bolivian record by De la Riva, 1990, Boll. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino, 8: 281. Without comment, considered a junior synonym of Hyla albopunctata by Lavilla, 1994 "1992", Acta Zool. Lilloana, 42: 70. De la Riva, Köhler, Lötters, and Reichle, 2000, Rev. Esp. Herpetol., 14: 37, provided the Bolivian citation. Lescure and Marty, 2000, Collect. Patrimoines Nat., Paris, 45: 164-165, provided a photo and brief account for French Guiana. See account for Surinam population by Ouboter and Jairam, 2012, Amph. Suriname: 180-181.
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