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This ambiguous usage for the 1860's precludes our determining if Steindachner was in effect synonymizing Osteocephalus with Trachycephalus or whether he was placing Osteocephalus in a subgeneric status.

From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by Duellman, William E.

If used, four of the five subgeneric names mentioned above would contain only one species each.

From A Synopsis of the North American Lagomorpha by Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)