The dangers of inadequate literature search to nomenclatural stability: the case of the nomina Hyla quoyi Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1828 and Hyla prasina Burmeister, 1856 (Amphibia: Anura)

Henrique C. Costa; Diego J. Santana

doi:10.5252/zoosystema2018v40a22

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Henrique C. Costa,¹ Diego J. Santana²

¹Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos
²Laboratório de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, 79070

Abstract

Ohler & Dubois (2018) argued that Article 23.9 of the Code cannot be used to reject the name HylaquoyiBory de Saint-Vincent, 1828 in favor of its junior synonym Hyla prasinaBurmeister, 1856. However, their statement was based on an insufficient literature search erroneously suggesting that H. prasina had been rarely used. We discuss this issue and give recommendations on searches in electronic bibliographical databases.

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Henrique C. Costa and Diego J. Santana "The dangers of inadequate literature search to nomenclatural stability: the case of the nomina Hyla quoyi Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1828 and Hyla prasina Burmeister, 1856 (Amphibia: Anura)," Zoosystema 40(sp1), 493-499, (14 November 2018). https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2018v40a22

Received: 10 April 2018; Accepted: 20 July 2018; Published: 14 November 2018