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Issue: Vol. 1230 No. 1: 12 Jun. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-06-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1230.1.3
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 17

The taxonomic status of Hyla roeschmanni De Grys, 1938 (Anura: Hylidae)

Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-CSIC, C/ José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain
Department of Zoology, Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt Friedenplatz 1, 64283 Darmstadt, Germany
Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-CSIC, C/ José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain
Amphibia Anura Bolivia Hyla roeschmanni Hypsiboas raniceps Hylidae neotype new synonym

Abstract

The taxonomic status of Hyla roeschmanni De Grys, 1938 (Anura: Hylidae) is reviewed. We place Hyla roeschmanni as a junior synonym of Hypsiboas raniceps Cope, 1862. Because the holotype of Hyla roeschmanni was destroyed, we designate a neotype from Department Beni, Bolivia, and provide a description of the neotype.

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