Flagger | Content Author | Content | Reason | Flag Created | Resolved by | Resolution |
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crawfordaj | Drylands Tree Frog (Boana xerophylla) |
This taxon was split in two, with western populations moved to Boana platanera, including all of Panama and Colombia.. |
Apr. 9, 2022 17:31:28 +0000 | loarie |
Both names are already registered in iNaturalist, but now both names are applied over the same wide area. I would recommend iNat apply a taxon name swap automatically according to geography, because proposing new IDs observation by observation would scarcely work.
Here are links to the species description in Zootaxa and a PDF copy:
https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4981.3.1
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Enrique-Marca/publication/352209912_Integrative_taxonomy_reveals_a_new_but_common_Neotropical_treefrog_hidden_under_the_name_Boana_xerophylla/links/616816253851f95994016c92/Integrative-taxonomy-reveals-a-new-but-common-Neotropical-treefrog-hidden-under-the-name-Boana-xerophylla.pdf