Boana cinerascens ( Spix 1824 )

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 : 63

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).