Hylodes phyllodes Heyer and Cocroft, 1986

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

Hylodes phyllodes Heyer and Cocroft, 1986, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 99: 104. Holotype: MZUSP 59934, by original designation. Type locality: "Brazil: São Paulo; Boracéia, 23° 38′ S, 45° 50′ W."

Common Names

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

Distribution

Serra do Mar, state of São Paulo, Brazil.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Brazil

Endemic: Brazil

Comment

In the Hylodes lateristrigatus group, according to the original publication. See account by Heyer, Rand, Cruz, Peixoto, and Nelson, 1990, Arq. Zool., São Paulo, 31: 304-307. Weber and Caramaschi, 2013, Zootaxa, 3635: 557-568,  reported on comparative larval morphology of the species. Larval morphology and anatomy discussed by Dias, Vera Candioti, Sabbag, Colaço, Silva, Haddad, Carvalho-e-Silva, and Grant, 2021, J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res., 59: 1297–1321.

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