Boana cinerascens (Spix 1824)

Syntypes: ZSM 2498 /0 (2 specimens), destroyed .

Type locality: “Ecgá prope flumen Teffe” (= Ega, Tefé), Amazonas, Brazil.

Distribution: Regions 4, 5. Widely distributed in the Amazon Region (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana). Widespread in Southern Venezuela, in Amazonas, Bolívar, and Delta Amacuro States.

Remarks: Inthe Boanapunctata speciesgroup (Faivovich et al. 2005). In Venezuela two species are confused under this name, one from rainforest habitat (Image 125A) and another from open areas (Image 125B). The nomen cinerascens hides a complex of species, with several taxa undescribed in the upper Amazon (D. Pareja, pers. comm.). Hoogmoed and Gruber (1983) suggested the use of B. granosa (Boulenger 1882) instead of B. cinerascens (Spix 1824) to stabilize the use of granosa . Barrio-Amorós (2004) used the name cinerascens, overlooking Hoogmoed and Gruber’s suggestion. Current situation is complicated, with types of B. cinerascens from Tefé apparently representing a different species than lectotype of B. granosa from Canelos, Ecuador (P. Kok, pers. comm.).

Selected references: Spix (1824); Boulenger (1882); Rivero (1961, 1964b,d, 1967c, 1971b); Duellman (1974a, 1997); Hoogmoed (1979a); Hoogmoed and Gruber (1983); Gorzula and Señaris (1998); Frost (2004); Kok and Kalamandeen (2008); Barrio-Amorós et al. (2011b); Señaris et al. (2014).