Combinations

• Osteocephalus exophthalmus Smith & Noonan, 2001: 349 [original combination]
• Tepuihyla exophthalma — Jungfer et al., 2013: 357 [name combination]

Synonyms

• Osteocephalus phasmatus MacCulloch & Lathrop, 2005: 18 [synonymized by Jungfer et al. (2013: 368)]
  • Holotype: ROM 39481, adult ♀.
  • Type locality: “northeast plateau of Mount Ayanganna, Guyana, (05°24′ N, 59°57′ W) elevation 1490-1550 m”.

Primary references

• Smith, E.N. & Noonan, B.P. 2001. A new species of Osteocephalus (Anura, Hylidae) from Guyana. Revista de Biología Tropical 49(1): 347–357. Reference page. 
• MacCulloch, R.D. & Lathrop, A. 2005. Hylid frogs from Mount Ayanganna, Guyana: new species, redescriptions, and distributional records. Phyllomedusa 4(1): 17–37.

• Jungfer, K.-H., Faivovich, J., Padial, J.M., Castroviejo-Fisher, S., Lyra, M.L., Berneck, B.V.M., Iglesias, P.P., Kok, P.J.R., MacCulloch, R.D., Rodrigues, M.T., Verdade, V.K., Torres-Gastello, C.P., Chaparro, J.C., Valdujo, P.H., Reichle, S., Moravec, J., Gvoždík, V., Gagliardi-Urrutia, G., Ernst, R., De la Riva, I., Means, D.B., Lima, A.P., Señaris, J.C., Wheeler, W.C., & Haddad, C.F.B. 2013. Systematics of spiny-backed treefrogs (Hylidae: Osteocephalus): an Amazonian puzzle. Zoologica Scripta 42(4): 351–380. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12015 Reference page. 

Links

• Frost, Darrel R. 2018. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Tepuihyla exophthalma . Accessed on 25 Apr 2008.
• Reynolds, R., Hoogmoed, M., MacCulloch, R. & Gaucher, P. 2004. IUCN: Tepuihyla exophthalma  (Data Deficient) . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T55793A11357463. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55793A11357463.en