Boana benitezi (Rivero, 1961)

De Almeida, Alexandre P., Moraes, Leandro J. C. L., Rojas, Rommel R., Roberto, Igor J., Carvalho, Vinicius Tadeu De, Ávila, Robson W., Frazão, Luciana, Silva, Ariane A. A., Menin, Marcelo, Werneck, Fernanda P., Hrbek, Tomas, Farias, Izeni P. & Gordo, Marcelo, 2021, Phylogenetic relationships of the poorly known treefrog Boana hobbsi (Cochran & Goin, 1970) (Anura: Hylidae), systematic implications and remarks on morphological variations and geographic distribution, Zootaxa 4933 (3), pp. 301-323 : 306

Boana benitezi species group ( Faivovich, 2005)

Diagnosis. No known morphological synapomorphy (see Faivovich, 2005). Faivovich et al. (2005; 2006) proposed the presence of a flat mental gland as a putative synapomorphy for this group. However, this character is widely shared among hylid species ( Brunetti et al. 2012; 2015; Faivovich et al. 2013) and its consideration as a synapomorphic character for this group remains dubious ( Barrio-Amorós & Brewer-Cárias 2008).

Species content. Ten species. Boana benitezi ( Rivero, 1961) ; Boana hobbsi ( Cochran & Goin, 1970) Boana jimenezi (Señaris & Ayarzag̹ena, 2006); Boana lemai (Rivero, 1971) ; Boana microderma ( Pyburn, 1977) ; Boana nympha (Faivovich, Moravec, Cisneros-Heredia, & K̂hler, 2006); Boana ornatissima ( Noble, 1923a) ; Boana rhythmica (Señaris & Ayarzag̹ena, 2002); Boana roraima ( Duellman & Hoogmoed, 1992) ; Boana tepuiana ( Barrio-Amorós & Brewer-Cárias, 2008) .