Boana calcarata

Boana calcarata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Hylidae
Subfamilia: Cophomantinae
Genus: Boana
Species: Boana calcarata

Name

Boana calcarata (Troschel, 1848)

• Holotype: Not designated and likely now lost.
• Type locality: “Britisch-Guiana” (= Guyana).

Combinations

• Hyla calcarata Troschel, 1848: 660 [original combination]
• Hypsiboas calcaratus — Cope, 1867: 200 [subsequent combination]
• Boana calcarata — Dubois, 2017: 28 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Hyla leptoscelis Boulenger, 1918: 432 [synonymised by Duellman (1973: 522)]
  • Holotype: BMNH 1947.2.23.10 (formerly 1915.3.9.18).
  • Type locality: “Lago do Iachy, above São Paolo Clinenca, Rio Solimoens, Brazil” [= Tachy, above São Paulo Olivença, Rio Solimoes, Amazonas, Brazil].

References

Primary references

• Troschel, F.H. 1848. Theil 3. Versuch einer Zusammenstellung der Fauna und Flora von Britisch-Guiana. in Schomburgk, R. (ed.). Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840–44. Im Auftrage Sr. Majestät des Königs von Preussen ausgeführt: 645–661. J. J. Weber: Leipzig.

Additional references

• Faivovich, J., Haddad, C.F.B., Garcia, P.C.A., Frost, D.R., Campbell, J.A. & Wheller, W.C. 2005. Systematic review of the frog family Hylidae, with special reference to Hylinae: phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 294: 1–240. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2005)294[0001:SROTFF]2.0.CO;2 ; hdl: 2246/462 Reference page. 
• Caminer, M.A. & Ron, S.R. 2014. Systematics of treefrogs of the Hypsiboas calcaratus and Hypsiboas fasciatus species complex (Anura, Hylidae) with the description of four new species. ZooKeys 370: 1–68. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.370.6291 Reference page. 

Links

• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Boana calcarata . Accessed on 13 Apr 2008.
• Azevedo-Ramos, C., La Marca, E., Coloma, L.A. & Ron, S. 2010. IUCN: Boana calcarata  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T55426A11308862. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T55426A11308862.en

Vernacular names

English: Troschel's Treefrog