Xenohyla truncata (Izecksohn, 1959)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hylidae > Subfamily: Hylinae > Genus: Xenohyla > Species: Xenohyla truncata

Hyla truncata Izecksohn, 1959, Rev. Brasil. Biol., 19: 259. Holotype: EI 107, by original designation. Type locality: "próxima à margem direita do rio Guandu, no km 37 da Rodovia Presidente Dutra, no municipio de Itaguaí, Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil".

Hyla depressa Izecksohn, 1959, Rev. Brasil. Biol., 19: 263. Error for Hyla truncata.

Xenohyla truncataIzecksohn, 1998 "1996", Rev. Univ. Rural, Ser. Cienc. Vida, 18: 47-52.

Common Names

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

Distribution

Coastal lowlands of Rio de Janeiro (state), Brazil, up to 50 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Brazil

Endemic: Brazil

Comment

In the Hyla truncata group, possibly close to Sphaenorhynchus, according to the original publication. Subsequently transferred to Xenohyla by Izecksohn, 1998 "1996", Rev. Univ. Rural, Ser. Cienc. Vida, 18: 47-52. Izecksohn and Carvalho-e-Silva, 2001, Anf. Municipio Rio de Janeiro: 65, provided a brief account and photo. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 617. Dias, Marcondes, Pezzuti, Vera Candioti, Araujo-Vieira, Prodocimo, Silva, Orrico, and Haas, 2023, Zoomorphology, 142: 111–126, reported on larval morphology and suggested morphological features that may tie Pseudini to Dendropsophini. Machado, De Oliveira-Nogueira, Souza, Figueiredo de Andrade, Mônico, and Toledo, 2023, Zootaxa, 5351: 392–396, reported on the advertisement call. 

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