Hyloscirtus simmonsi (Duellman, 1989)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hylidae > Subfamily: Hylinae > Genus: Hyloscirtus > Species: Hyloscirtus simmonsi

Hyla simmonsi Duellman, 1989, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 131: 4. Holotype: KU 169554, by original designation. Type locality: "Río Calima, 1.5 km (by road) W of Calima (04° 00′ N, 76° 35′ W, 1230 m), Departamento del Valle, Colombia".

Hyloscirtus simmonsiFaivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 85.

Boana simmonsiWiens, Fetzner, Parkinson, and Reeder, 2005, Syst. Biol., 54: 743, by implication.

English Names

Simmons' Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 58).

Distribution

Western flank of the Cordillera Occidental from Antioquia to Valle del Cauca, Colombia, 1100-2000 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Colombia

Endemic: Colombia

Comment

In the Hyla bogotensis group according to the original publication. In the Hyloscirtus bogotensis group of Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 85. 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: 251. In Hyloscirtus species group B of Sánchez, 2010, Copeia, 2010: 351-363.

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