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Appendix 357 Appendix RECENT AMPHIBIAN NAME CHANGES FOR appendix 357 Appendix Recent amphibian name changes for species occurring in Suriname FORMER NAME PRESENT NAME TAxONOMIC BACKGROUND ALLOPHRyNIDAE ALLOPHRyNIDAE The Allophrynidae have been formerly included in the Hylidae (Lynch and Freeman, 1966; Duellman, 1975), Bufonidae (Laurent, 1980; Dubois, 1983) and Centrolenidae (Duellman, 2001). Noble (1931) considered A. ruthveni to be a “toothless Centrolenella. Frost et al. (2006) treated the Allophrynidae as a subfamily of the Centroleninae. Savage (1973) considered this species to form the monotypic family Allophrynidae. Guayasamin and Trueb (2007), although aware of the close relationship between the Allophryninae and Centroleninae, continued the recognition of the monotypic family Allophrynidae. Allophryne ruthveni Allophryne ruthveni BUFONIDAE BUFONIDAE Frost et al. (2006) reviewed the systematic literature, discussed phylogeny, and divided the genus Bufo in many genera. Atelopus spumarius Atelopus hoogmoedi Formerly called Atelopus spumarius hoogmoedi (see for hoogmoedi instance Lescure & Marty, 2000). Removed from synonymy of A. spumarius by Lötters et al. (2005), based on molecular evidence provided by Noonan & Gaucher (2005). Dendrophryniscus Dendrophryniscus minutus minutus Bufo guttatus Rhaebo guttatus Bufo granulosus Rhinella granulosa merianae merianae Bufo margaritifera Rhinella margaritifera complex Bufo marinus Rhinella marina Bufo margaritifera Rhinella lescurei Fouquet et al. (2007b) described two new species from complex Rhinella margaritifera French Guiana, R. lescurei and R. martyi, that also Rhinella martyi occur in Suriname. CENTROLENIDAE CENTROLENIDAE Classification based on Guayasamin et al. (2009). Centrolenella geijskesi Cochranella geijskesi Cochranella Vitreorana oyampiensis Guayasamin et al. (2009) created the genus Vitreorana oyampiensis based on molecular data, and included C. oyampiensis in this genus. (Hyalinobatrachium Hyalinobatrachium crurifasciatum) crurifasciatum 358 appendix FORMER NAME PRESENT NAME TAxONOMIC BACKGROUND (Hyalinobatrachium Hyalinobatrachium iaspidiense) iaspidiense Centrolenella/ Hyalinobatrachium Hyalinobatrachium taylori taylori DENDROBATIDAE AROMOBATIDAE Paraphyly of the Dendrobatidae was suggested by Kaplan (1997), Vences et al. (2000), Clough and Summers (2000) and Vences et al. (2003). Grant et al. (2006), partitioned former Dendrobatidae into two families, Aromobatidae and Dendrobatidae, and provided a new arrangement of monophyletic subfamilies and genera. Colostethus beebei Allobates granti This species was formerly identified as Colostethus beebei in French Guiana and Surinam (see for instance Lescure & Marty, 2000). Kok et al. (2006) reserved the name C. beebei for the Kaieteur population in the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana, and described the species of French Guiana and Surinam as C. granti. Colostethus Anomaloglossus baeobatrachus baeobatrachus Colostethus degranvillei Anomaloglossus degranvillei Epipedobates/Allobates Allobates femoralis femoralis DENDROBATIDAE DENDROBATIDAE Epipedobates hahneli Ameerega hahneli Epipedobates trivittatus Ameerega trivittata Dendrobates tinctorius Dendrobates tinctorius HyLIDAE HyLIDAE Hyla brevifrons Dendropsophus Dendropsophus was removed from the synonymy of brevifrons Hyla by Faivovich et al. (2005), where it had been placed by Kellogg (1932). Hyla gaucheri Dendropsophus gaucheri Hyla leucophyllata Dendropsophus leucophyllatus Hyla marmorata Dendropsophus marmoratus Hyla melanargyrea Dendropsophus melanargyreus Hyla microcephala Dendropsophus misera/miniscula minusculus Hyla minuta Dendropsophus minutus Hyla nana Dendropsophus nanus Hyla sp. 1 Dendropsophus sp. 1 Hyla boans Hypsiboas boans Hypsiboas was removed from the synonymy of Hyla by Faivovich et al. (2005), where it had been placed by Duméril and Bibron (1841) and Boulenger (1882)..
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