Sphaenorhynchus platycephalus

Familia: Hylidae
Subfamilia: Scinaxinae
Genus: Sphaenorhynchus
Species: Sphaenorhynchus platycephalus

Sphaenorhynchus platycephalus (Werner, 1894)

• Holotype: NHMW 33142 (formerly IZUW 90), adult ♀.
• Type locality: "Süd-Amerika".

• Hylopsis platycephalus Werner, 1894: 156 [original combination]
• Sphaenorhynchus platycephalus — Harding, 1991: 415 [subsequent combination]

• Hyla (Sphoenohyla) orophila Lutz & Lutz, 1938: 178 [synonymised by Araujo-Vieira, Caramaschi, Grillitsch, Grant & Faivovich (2018: 80)]
  • Holotype: MNRJ-AL 3309, adult ♂.
  • Type locality: “Serra do Mar, 4 km. outside Petropolis, in canal leading to the dam at Quitandinha”, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

• Werner, F. 1894. Über einige Novitäten der herpetologischen Sammlung des Wiener zoolog. vergl. anatom. Instituts. Zoologischer Anzeiger 17: 155–157. BHL
• Lutz, A. & Lutz, B. 1938. I. On Hyla aurantiaca Daudin and Sphoenorhynchus Tschudi and on two allied Hylae from south-eastern Brazil. II. Two new hylae: H. albosignata n. sp. & H. pickeli. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 10(2): 175–194.
• Harding, K.A. 1991. The taxonomic status of Hylopsis platycephalus Werner, 1894 and Centrolenella Noble, 1920 (Amphibia: Anura). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 103(4): 413–418. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1991.tb00911.x Reference page. 
• Araujo‐Vieira, K., Caramaschi, U., Grillitsch, H., Grant, T. & Faivovich, J. 2018. On the Identity of Sphaenorhynchus platycephalus (Werner, 1894) (Anura: Hylidae). South American Journal of Herpetology 13(1): 73–84. DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-17-00053.1 Reference page. 

• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Sphaenorhynchus platycephalus . Accessed on 18 Apr 2008.
• Cox, N. & Stuart, S. 2004. IUCN: Sphaenorhynchus platycephalus  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T56020A11410988. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T56020A11410988.en. Accessed on 03 May 2022.