Boana diabolica (Fouquet, Martinez, Zeidler, Courtois, Gaucher, Blanc, Lima, Souza, Rodrigues, and Kok, 2016)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hylidae > Subfamily: Hylinae > Genus: Boana > Species: Boana diabolica

Hypsiboas diabolicus Fouquet, Martinez, Zeidler, Courtois, Gaucher, Blanc, Lima, Marques-Souza, Rodrigues, and Kok, 2016, Zootaxa, 4084: 87. Holotype: JAGUARS R-157, by original designation. Type locality: "Nouragues biological station near “Pont Ficelle” on Crique Nouragues, (4.08479, -52.68063, 100 m elevation) in the Reserve Naturelle des Nouragues, municipality of Régina, French Guiana". Zoobank publication registration:26445D9D-AF58-4A8B-9F55-142C169E1F63

Boana diabolica — Dubois, 2017, Bionomina, 11: 28. 

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known from French Guiana (west right to the Suriname line) south into central and western Amapá, Brazil, on the Pará border. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Brazil, French Guiana

Comment

Formerly confused with Hypsiboas geographicus according to the original publication. Taucce, Costa-Campos, Carvalho, and Michalski, 2022, Eur. J. Taxon., 836: 112, noted that at least some records from Amapá, Brazil, of nominal Boana geographica apply to this species. They also reported on distribution, literature, and conservation status for Amapá, Brazil. 

External links:

Please note: these links will take you to external websites not affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History. We are not responsible for their content.