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Scinaxinae Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016
Scinaxinae Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016, Zootaxa, 4104: 25. Type genus: Scinax Wagler, 1830.
Sphaenorhynchini Faivovich, Pereyra, Luna, Hertz, Blotto, Vásquez-Almazán, McCranie, Sánchez, Baêta, Araujo-Vieira, Köhler, Kubicki, Campbell, Frost, Wheeler, and Haddad, 2018, S. Am. J. Herpetol., 13: 25. Type genus: Sphaenorhynchus Tschudi, 1838. Tribe to contain solely Sphaenorhynchus Tschudi, 1838.
Scinaxini — Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 194. Tribe.
Scinaxina — Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 194. Subtribe.
Sphaenorhynchina — Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 194. Subtribe.
Nomina inquirenda - Name(s) unassigned to a living or extinct population
Hyla nigra Cope, 1887, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., 24: 47. Holotype: ANSP 11269, according to Malnate, 1971, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 123: 352. Type locality: "at or near . . . . Chupada [= Chapada dos Guimarães], thirty miles north-east of Cuyabá, and near the headwaters of the Xingu, an important tributary of the Amazon", Mato Grosso, Brazil. Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 57, considered it a synonym of Hyla geographica. Synonymy with Hyla x-signata nasica by Duellman, 1974, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 27: 14. Removed from the synonymy of Scinax nasicus by Araujo-Vieira, Valdujo, and Faivovich, 2016, Zootaxa, 4061: 271, and considered a nomen dubium.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Mostly South America from Uruguay, northern Argentina, and northwestern Peru northward through Central America to southern and eastern Mexico; Islands of Tobago, Trinidad, and Saint Lucia.
Comment
See comments under Hylidae and Hylinae for access to relevant literature.
Contained taxa (142 sp.):
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