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Scinax trapicheiroi (A. Lutz and B. Lutz, 1954)

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

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Hyla trapicheiroi A. Lutz and B. Lutz In Lutz, 1954, Mem. Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, 52: 159. Holotype: MNRJ 3615, according to Duellman, 1977, Das Tierreich, 95: 44. Type locality: "represa do rio Trapicheiro, Tijuca, D.F." (Portuguese text), "near the dam and pool built in the Trapicheiro stream, at Tijuca F.D." (English text), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; rendered as "Açude da Solidão, Serra Tijuca, Guanabara [now Rio de Janeiro], Brasil", by Duellman, 1977, Das Tierreich, 95: 44.

Hyla catharinae trapicheiroi — Lutz, 1973, Brazil. Spec. Hyla: 187.

Ololygon catharinae trapicheiroi — Heyer, 1980, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 93: 660.

Ololygon trapicheiroi — Caramaschi and Kisteumacher, 1989, Bol. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, N.S., Zool., 327: 1-15. Carvalho-e-Silva and Peixoto, 1991, Rev. Brasil. Biol., 51: 263-270.

Scinax trapicheroy — Langone, 1992, Bol. Asoc. Herpetol. Argentina, 8: 5-6. Incorrect subsequent spelling.

Scinax trapicheiroi — Pombal, Bastos, and Haddad, 1995, Naturalia, São Paulo, 20: 213-225.

English Names

Three-lined Snouted Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 64).

Distribution

Coastal regions of the Atlantic forest of Rio de Janeiro (state) and Ilha Grande, up to 600 m elevation.

Comment

Related to Hyla catharinae according to the original publication. In the Scinax catharinae clade, Scinax catharinae group of Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 95-96. Izecksohn and Carvalho-e-Silva, 2001, Anf. Municipio Rio de Janeiro: 61, provided a brief account and photo. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 617. Luna-Dias, Carvalho-e-Silva, and Carvalho-e-Silva, 2009, Check List, 5: 251-253, provided new records, mapped the range, and provided a photograph. Silveira, 2011, Herpetol. Rev., 42: 109, provided a western record in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and commented on the range.

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