Hylodes nasus (Lichtenstein, 1823)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hylodidae > Genus: Hylodes > Species: Hylodes nasus

Hyla nasus Lichtenstein, 1823, Verz. Doubl. Zool. Mus. Univ. Berlin: 106. Holotype: Not stated (?ZMB). Type locality: "Brasil"; "provàvelmente Rio de Janeiro", State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, according to Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 57.

Hyla ranoides Spix, 1824, Animal. Nova Spec. Nov. Test. Ran. Brasil.: 32. Syntypes: 3 specimens of which one was figured on pl. 6, fig. 3; these three specimens were ZSM 1043/0 (3 specimens), now lost according to Hoogmoed and Gruber, 1983, Spixiana, München, Suppl., 9: 361, who noted that although two of the syntypes were Hylodes nasus, the figured specimen was likely either an Eleutherodactylus or Thoropa. Type locality: "Provincia Bahiae", Brazil. Synonymy by Peters, 1872, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1872: 207; Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 193. Hoogmoed and Gruber, 1983, Spixiana, München, Suppl., 9: 361, note that at least two of the lost syntypes were presumably Hylodes nasus, the specimen figured by Spix, was either Thoropa miliaris or a species of Eleutherodactylus. See discussion by Hoogmoed and Gruber, 1983, Spixiana, München, Suppl., 9: 361–362.

Hylodes ranoidesFitzinger, 1826, Neue Class. Rept.: 64; Tschudi, 1838, Classif. Batr.: 77.

Enydrobius ranoidesWagler, 1830, Nat. Syst. Amph.: 64.

Elosia nasutaTschudi, 1838, Classif. Batr.: 77. Incorrect subsequent spelling.

Elosia bufonium Girard, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 6: 423. Types: Not designated; presumably originally in USNM or ANSP. Type locality: "Rio de Janeiro, Brazil". Synonymy by Lutz, 1930, Mem. Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, 24: 223–249.

Hylodes truncatus Steindachner, 1864, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien, 14: 248. Syntypes: NHMW 16519 (3 specimens), according to Häupl and Tiedemann, 1978, Kat. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 2: 22, and Häupl, Tiedemann, and Grillitsch, 1994, Kat. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 9: 26. Type locality: "Curcovado [= Corcovado] (in der Nähe von Rio de Janeiro?), zwei davon auf einem Steine im Quellwasser, die beiden übrigen in feuchter Waldgegend", Brazil. Synonymy by Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 193.

Elosia nasusGünther, 1866, Zool. Rec., 2: 159; Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 193.

Enydrobius nasusCope, 1866, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Ser. 2, 6: 96, by implication.

Elosia bufoniaBoulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 194; Baumann, 1912, Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Abt. Syst., 33: 161.

Megaelosia bufoniaMiranda-Ribeiro, 1923, Rev. Mus. Paulista, São Paulo, 13: 813–821. Based on specimens of Megaelosia goeldii according to Lutz, 1930, Mem. Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, 24: 209; and Giaretta, Bokermann, and Haddad, 1993, J. Herpetol., 27: 276–285.

Hylodes ranoidesMiranda-Ribeiro, 1923, Rev. Mus. Paulista, São Paulo, 13: 823. Based on misidentified specimens according to Myers, 1962, Copeia, 1962: 196.

Elosia nasus nasusMertens, 1927, Bl. Aquar. Terrarienkd., Stuttgart, 38: 288.

Hylodes (Megaelosia) bufoniaNoble, 1927, Ann. New York Acad. Sci., 30: 105.

Hylodes nasusMyers, 1946, Bol. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, N.S., Zool., 55: 10, 28; Lynch, 1971, Misc. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 53: 167.

Common Names

Santa Catarina Tree Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 81).

Distribution

State of Rio de Janeiro to Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Brazil

Endemic: Brazil

Comment

In the Hylodes nasus group of Heyer, 1982, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 95: 377–385. See Hoogmoed and Gruber, 1983, Spixiana, München, Suppl., 9: 361–362, for discussion of synonymy. Izecksohn and Carvalho-e-Silva, 2001, Anf. Municipio Rio de Janeiro: 72, provided a brief account and photo. Weber, Abrunhosa, and Wogel, 2004, Amphibia-Reptilia, 25: 219–227, reported on larval morphology and vocalization. 

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