Resolving the taxonomic puzzle of Boana cinerascens (Spix, 1824), with resurrection of Hyla granosa gracilis Melin, 1941 (Anura: Hylidae)

Marcelo José Sturaro; João Carlos Lopes Costa; Adriano O. Maciel; Geraldo R. Lima-Filho; Fernando J.M. Rojas-Runjaic; Daniela Pareja Mejia; Santiago R. Ron; Pedro L.V. Peloso

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4750.1.1

Resolving the taxonomic puzzle of Boana cinerascens (Spix, 1824), with resurrection of Hyla granosa gracilis Melin, 1941 (Anura: Hylidae)

Marcelo José Sturaro^*, João Carlos Lopes Costa, Adriano O. Maciel, Geraldo R. Lima-Filho, Fernando J.M. Rojas-Runjaic, Daniela Pareja Mejia, Santiago R. Ron, Pedro L.V. Peloso

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Abstract

Expeditions to unexplored or little explored places are important for discovering new species and also for collecting new samples (including specimens and tissues for DNA sequencing) that may help resolve a plethora of taxonomic problems. In the 19^th century, several naturalists explored a number of localities in Amazonia, describing species for which type material was deposited, mostly, in European museums of natural history. Some of these types were lost or destroyed in World War II and recent expeditions have focused on sampling new material from the type localities. material from Boana cinerascens, which allowed us to infer phylogenetic relationships of the Boana punctata group (i.e., green Boana), based on DNA sequence data, and to revaluate the status of B. cinerascens and its synonyms. We designate, redescribe and illustrate a neotype for B. cinerascens, which was described by Spix in 1824, from the Municipality of Tefé, State of Amazonas, Brazil. We revalidate, redescribe, and illustrate Hyla granosa gracilis Me-lin, 1941(= Boana gracilis). Corroborating previous studies, the green Boana were not recovered as a monophyletic group. Boana cinerascens is sister of B. gracilis plus a clade containing B. atlantica + B. punctata (both species not recovered as monophyletic).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-30
Number of pages	30
Journal	Zootaxa
Volume	4750
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4750.1.1
State	Published - 10 Mar 2020

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First and foremost, we thank the National Geographic Society, the Smithsonian Institute's Global Genome Initiative, and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq 400252/2014-7) for financial support to the expeditions to Tefé and PJN. We also thank M.S. Hoogmoed for permitting examination of specimens under study by him and useful suggestions regarding a previous version of the manuscript. We thank Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio, especially Mariana Leitão and Josángela Jesus) and Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (especially Ana Prudente and Alexandre Aleixo) for logistic support to the expeditions. We are thankful to the boat crew of "Castelo Guedes III" and fellow researchers (Lincoln Carneiro, Pablo Cerqueira, Pedro Dias, Bernardo Santos, Hueliton Ferreira, Níthomas Feitosa, and Nilton Santa Brígida) for companionship during fieldwork at PNJ. Sequences of Boana atlantica were kindly provided by Mariana Lyra and Ana Carolina Carnaval. Collecting permits for Brazilian specimens were issued by ICMBio. Venezuelan permits for collection (#4750 and #361) and for access to genetic resources (#0076 of 22 February 2011) were issued to MHNLS by the Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Ambiente. MJS thank the Cornell Lab of Ornithology for a License to use Raven. MJS was supported by a scholarship from Coordenação de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Niìvel Superior). FJMRR was supported by a scholarship from Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientiìfico e Tecnoloìgico (CNPq, process 142444/2014-6). PLVP, AOM, and JCLP were supported by fellowships from Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientiìfico e Tecnoloìgico (CNPq BJT 313680/2014-0 to PLVP, PCI/MPEG/MCTIC 312847/2015-7 to JCLC, PCI/MPEG/MCTIC 313162/2016-6 to AOM). This study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001. Part of this study was supported by CNPq (process 434362/2018-2). Field and laboratory work in Ecuador were funded by Secretaría Nacional de Educación Superior, Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación del Ecuador SENESCYT (Arca de Noé initiative; SRR and Omar Torres principal investigators) and a grant from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Dirección General Académica.

Funders	Funder number
Cornell Lab of Ornithology for a License
Dirección General Académica
Mariana Lyra and Ana Carolina Carnaval	4750, 0076, 361
Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Ambiente
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Nilton Santa Brígida
Secretaría Nacional de Educación Superior, Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación del Ecuador SENESCYT
Smithsonian Institution
National Geographic Society
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior	434362/2018-2
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico	400252/2014-7, 142444/2014-6, PCI/MPEG/MCTIC 312847/2015-7, PCI/MPEG/MCTIC 313162/2016-6, BJT 313680/2014-0
Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade
Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador

Keywords

Amazonia
Amphibia
Cophomantinae
Molecular
Neotype
Phylogeny
Systematics
Taxonomy

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