Nyctixalus spinosus (Taylor, 1920)
Hazelia spinosa Taylor, 1920, Philipp. J. Sci., 16: 292. Holotype: EHT 406, by original designation; now CM 3420, according to McCoy and Richmond, 1966, Ann. Carnegie Mus., 38: 246. Type locality: "Bunawan, Agusan [Province], Mindanao", Philippines.
Rhacophorus (Philautus) spinosus — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 75.
Rhacophorus leprosus spinosus — Wolf, 1936, Bull. Raffles Mus., 12: 156.
Philautus spinosus — Inger, 1954, Fieldiana, Zool., 33: 407-409.
Hazelia spinosa — Liem, 1970, Fieldiana, Zool., 57: 96.
Edwardtayloria spinosa — Marx, 1975, Sci. Publ. Sci. Mus. Minnesota, N.S., 2: 2.
Nyctixalus spinosus — Dubois, 1981, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 15: 257. Brown and Alcala, 1994, Proc. California Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 48: 188.
English Names
Spiny Indonesian Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 111).
Distribution
Lowland and montane rainforests of Mindanao, Leyte, Bohol, and Basilan Islands, Philippines.
Comment
See account by Inger, 1954, Fieldiana, Zool., 33: 407-409, where subspecies status under Rhacophorus leprosus is rejected. See account by Brown and Alcala, 1994, Proc. California Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 48: 185-220. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 517.
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