Combinations

• Hyla riojana Koslowsky, 1895: 360 [original combination]
• Hyla pulchella riojana — Barrio, 1965: 122 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
• Hypsiboas riojanus — Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell & Wheeler, 2005: 88 [subsequent combination]
• Boana riojana — Dubois, 2017: 28 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Hyla raddiana andina Müller, 1924: 77 [synonymized by Köhler, Koscinski, Padial, Chaparro, Handford, Lougheed & De la Riva (2010: 582)]
  • Holotype: ZSM 5/1922. [lost fide Duellman (1977)]
  • Neotype: FML 11174, adult ♂, collected by E.O. Lavilla & D. Casagranda on 10 January 2002. [deignated by Langone & Lavilla (2002: 75)]
  • Type locality: “Caspinchango, Valle Calchaqui (Prov. Catamarca), Argentinien”, redesigned by neotype designation to “Caspinchango, Catamarca, Argentina, 27°04′S, 65°30′W (coincidente con la localidad tipo establecida por Müller, 1924)” by Langone & Lavilla (2002: 75).

• Hyla varelae Carrizo, 1992: 20 [synonymized by Pinheiro, Carrizo & Faivovich (2019: 186)]
  • Holotype: MACN 1010, adult ♂, collected by A. Barrio in January 1965.
  • Type locality: “Chaco, camino Selva del Río de Oro, al almacén del desvío de la Ruta”, corrected to “most likely collected in Horco Molle, Yerba Buena, Tucuman, Argentina” by Pinheiro, Carrizo & Faivovich (2019: 186).

• Hyla pulchella cochabambae Gallardo, 1988: 105 [Nomen nudum fide Langone & Lavilla (2002: 73)]

Primary references

• Koslowsky, J.G. 1895. Batracios y reptiles de la Rioja y Catamarca, recogidos durante los meses de febrero a mayo de 1895. Revista del Museo de La Plata 6: 359–370. BHL Reference page. 
• Müller, L. 1924. Ueber neue oder seltene Mittel und südamerikanische Amphibien und Reptilien. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 11: 75–93.
• Carrizo, G.R. 1992. Cuatro especies nuevas de anuros (Bufonidae: Bufo e Hylidae: Hyla) del norte de la Argentina. Cuadernos de Herpetología 7: 14–23.
• Langone, J.A. & Lavilla, E.O. 2002. Comentarios nomenclatoriales sobre algunos taxa del grupo de Hyla pulchella (Anura: Hylidae). Cuadernos de Herpetología 16: 73–78.

• Faivovich, J., Haddad, C.F.B., Garcia, P.C.A., Frost, D.R., Campbell, J.A. & Wheller, W.C. 2005. Systematic review of the frog family Hylidae, with special reference to Hylinae: phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 294: 1–240. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2005)294[0001:SROTFF]2.0.CO;2 ; hdl: 2246/462 Reference page. 

• Köhler, J., Koscinski, D., Padial, J.M., Chaparro, J.C., Handford, P., Lougheed, S.C. & de la Riva, I. 2010. Systematics of Andean gladiator frogs of the Hypsiboas pulchellus species group (Anura, Hylidae). Zoologica Scripta 39(6): 572–590. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00448.x Reference page. 

• Dubois, A. 2017. The nomenclatural status of Hysaplesia, Hylaplesia, Dendrobates and related nomina (Amphibia, Anura), with general comments on zoological nomenclature and its governance, as well as on taxonomic databases and websites. Bionomina 11: 1–48. DOI: 10.11646/bionomina.11.1.1 Reference page. 

• Pinheiro, P.D.P., Carrizo, G.R. & Faivovich, J. 2019. The identity of the poorly known treefrog Hyla varelae Carrizo, 1992 (Anura: Hylidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 283: 186–191. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2019.09.004 Reference page. 

Links

• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Boana riojana . Accessed on 14 Apr 2008.
• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2020. IUCN: Boana riojana  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T88332331A101435723. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T88332331A101435723.en