On the Identity of Sphaenorhynchus platycephalus (Werner, 1894) (Anura: Hylidae)

Author(s)

Araujo-Vieira, Katyuscia ^[1] ; Caramaschi, Ulisses ^[2] ; Grillitsch, Heinz ^[3] ; Grant, Taran ^[4] ; Faivovich, Julian ^{[5, 1]}

Affiliation

^[1] Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, Museo Argentino Ciencias Nat Bernardino Rivadavia, Div Herpetol, Angel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR, Buenos Aires, DF - Argentina

^[2] Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacl, Dept Vertebrados, BR-20940040 Rio De Janeiro, RJ - Brazil

^[3] Nat Hist Museum Vienna, Zool Dept 1, Herpetol Collect, Burgring 7, A-1010 Vienna - Austria

^[4] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Biociencias, Dept Zool, BR-05508090 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[5] Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Ciencias Exactas & Nat, Dept Biodiversidad & Biol Expt, Buenos Aires, DF - Argentina

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: South American Journal of Herpetology; v. 13, n. 1, p. 73-84, APR 2018.
• Web of Science Citations: 1

Abstract

Sphaenorhynchus platycephalus was briefly described on the basis of a single specimen, with only ``S-Amerika{''} as its locality. Although it has been regarded as a distinct species, compelling evidence is lacking. A comparison of all currently described species of Sphaenorhynchus, including type specimens of several species, allowed us to provide morphological evidence that S. platycephalus and S. orophilus are conspecific, with S. orophilus being a junior synonym of S. platycephalus. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 12/10000-5 - A multi-disciplinary approach to the study of amphibian diversification
• Grantee: Taran Grant
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants
• FAPESP's process: 13/50741-7 - Diversity and conservation of Brazilian amphibians
• Grantee: Célio Fernando Baptista Haddad
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants