Abstract
Izecksohn et al. (1999) described a new leaf-nosed frog species, originally named Proceratophrys phyllostomus, from north of Castelinho (20°32’S, 41°00’W), Municipality of Vargem Alta (Castelinho was considered belonging to the Municipality of Cachoeiro do Itapemirim in the original description), State of Espírito Santo, Brazil (Prado and Pombal 2008). The name of the species was originally treated as a substantive, phyllostomus, being the name of the type-genus of a family of bats which gathers species having a conspicuous rostral leaf-like appendage (Izecksohn et al. 1999). Actually, the genus Phyllostomus Lacépède, 1799 (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) is masculine in gender and congregates four species of the so called “Spear-nosed bats” (Simmons 2005). This name, when utilized as specific epithet by Izecksohn et al. (1999), was clearly treated as a substantive in apposition to the genus name Proceratophrys, feminine in gender.
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