Boana Gray, 1825

Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) 13 (1), pp. 1-198 : 59-60

Genus Boana Gray, 1825

Type species: Rana boans Linnaeus, 1758 , by monotypy. Coined as subgenus of Hyla according to Dubois (2017).

Remarks: Faivovich et al. (2005) assigned Centrolenella pulidoi Rivero, 1968 to the Boana benitezi group. We agree that description of holotype corresponds to a juvenile B. benitezi . Faivovich et al. (2005) examined the holotype (MCZ 72499) but was not sure if it was an adult female or a juvenile. According to our combined field experience, only juveniles of the B. benitezi group ( B. benitezi , B. lemai , and B. tepuianus at least) have reddish eyes, as Rivero (1968) reported in pulidoi . In Cerro Duida the only known species of the Boana benitezi group is B. benitezi . We here consider Centrolenella pulidoi Rivero, 1968 (recognized currently as Boana pulidoi by Frost 2018) as a junior synonym of Hyla benitezi ( Rivero 1961) , as Boana benitezi . Recently Dubois (2017) defended the use of Boana for the clade preoccupied by Hypsiboas , arguing nomenclatural precedence.