Osteocephalus mimeticus

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Lectotype: NHMG 469, subadult specimen. [designated by Jungfer (2010: 39)]

Type locality: “Roque, [San Martín Department,] Peru”.

Paralectotype (1): NHMG 469 (the another specimen). [designated by Jungfer (2010: 39)]

Hyla mimetica Melin, 1941: 24 [original combination]
Osteocephalus mimeticus – Smith & Noonan, 2001 [subsequent combination, without further comment]
Osteocephalus mimeticus — Jungfer, 2010: 39 [subsequent combination, restaure the priority over H. elkejungigerae]

Hyla elkejungigerae Henle, 1981: 123 [synonymized by Jungfer (2010: 39)]
- Osteocephalus elkejungingerae — Henle, 1992: 112 [subsequent combination]

Holotype: ZFMK 33352.

Type locality: “Peru: El Boqueron, ca. 1000 m NN”.

Melin, D. 1941. Contributions to the knowledge of the amphibia of south America. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps- och Vitterhets-Samhälles handlingar. Serien B Matematiska och Naturvetenskapliga Skrifter Följd 6. Band 1(No. 4): 1–71. Reference page.
Henle, K. 1981. Hyla elkejungingerae, ein neuer Hylide aus dem peruvianischen Regenwald (Amphibia: Salientia: Hylidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 2: 123–132.
Henle, K. 1992. Zur Amphibienfauna Perus nebst Beschreibung eines neuen Eleutherodactylus (Leptodactylidae). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 43: 79–129.
Jungfer, K.-H. 2010. The taxonomic status of some spiny-backed treefrogs, genus Osteocephalus (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae). Zootaxa 2407: 28–50. Preview.

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 Osteocephalus mimeticus . Accessed on 25 Apr 2008.
Angulo, A., Jungfer, K.-H., Reynolds, R. & Icochea, J. 2004. IUCN: Osteocephalus elkejungingerae (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T55792A11357231. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55792A11357231.en

English: Henle's Slender-legged Treefrog