Scinax proboscideus (Brongersma, 1933)
Hyla proboscidea Brongersma, 1933, Zool. Anz., 103: 267. Holotype: ZMA 5710, by original designation and Duellman, 1977, Das Tierreich, 95: 86. Type locality: "im Lager am oberen Gran Rio", Surinam.
Ololygon proboscidea — Fouquette and Delahoussaye, 1977, J. Herpetol., 11: 393.
Scinax proboscidea — Duellman and Wiens, 1992, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 151: 23.
Scinax proboscideus — Köhler and Böhme, 1996, Rev. Fr. Aquar. Herpetol., 23: 139.
English Names
Gran Rio Snouted Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 64).
Distribution
Interior of the Guianas; likely in adjacent Brazil.
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. See Duellman, 1972, Zool. Meded., Leiden, 47: 186-187, and Duellman, 1972, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 11: 1-31. Lescure and Marty, 2000, Collect. Patrimoines Nat., Paris, 45: 166-167 provided a photo and brief account for French Guiana. See account for Surinam population by Ouboter and Jairam, 2012, Amph. Suriname: 182-183.
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