Boana tepuiana

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Hylidae
Subfamilia: Cophomantinae
Genus: Boana
Species: Boana tepuiana

Name

Boana tepuiana (Barrio-Amorós & Brewer-Carías, 2008)

• Holotype: EBRG 4653, adult ♀, collected by César L. Barrio-Amorós on 22 March 2002.
• Type locality: “the southern slope of Sarisariñama-tepui, Locality VI, Estado Bolívar, Venezuela (4º25’ N, 64º7’ W), elev. 420 m”.

Combinations

• Hypsiboas tepuianus Barrio-Amorós & Brewer-Carías, 2008: 28 [original combination]
• Boana tepuiana — Dubois, 2017: 28 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Barrio-Amorós, C.L. & Brewer-Carías, C. 2008. Herpetological results of the 2002 expedition to Sarisariñama, a tepui in Venezuelan Guayana, with the description of five new species. Zootaxa 1942(1): 1–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1942.1.1 Reference page. 
• Dubois, A. 2017. The nomenclatural status of Hysaplesia, Hylaplesia, Dendrobates and related nomina (Amphibia, Anura), with general comments on zoological nomenclature and its governance, as well as on taxonomic databases and websites. Bionomina 11: 1–48. DOI: 10.11646/bionomina.11.1.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Tepui Treefrog