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Boana clepsydra (Lutz, 1925)
Hyla clepsydra Lutz, 1925, C. R. Mém. Hebd. Séances Soc. Biol. Filial., Paris, 93 (1925, vol. 2): 211. Holotype: Not stated, but AL-MNRJ 976 according to Duellman, 1977, Das Tierreich, 95: 47. Type locality: "Serra de la Bocaina", São Paulo, Brazil. Given as "Fazenda do Bonito, Serra da Bocaina, São José do Barreiro, São Paulo", Brazil by Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 47.
Bokermannohyla clepsydra — Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 83.
Boana clepsydra — Lyra, Lourenço, Pinheiro, Pezzuti, Baêta, Barlow, Hofreiter, Pombal, Haddad, and Faivovich, 2020, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 190: 1235.
English Names
Sao Paulo Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 55).
Distribution
Known only from the type locality in the Serra da Bocaina, São Paulo, Brazil.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Brazil
Endemic: Brazil
Comment
See account by Bokermann, 1972, Rev. Brasil. Biol., 32: 291-295. In the Bokermannohyla claresignata group of Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 83. Lyra, Lourenço, Pinheiro, Pezzuti, Baêta, Barlow, Hofreiter, Pombal, Haddad, and Faivovich, 2020, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 190: 1235–1255, provided evidence that this species is in Boana, with Boana claresignata forming the Boana claresignata group; they also reported on morphology and advertisement call.
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