Eleutherodactylus biporcatus

Veragua Robber Frog

Peters, 1863

Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Leptodactylidae
Subfamily: Telmatobiinae

Description

Coloration: Color.
Size: S/V mm
Toe Length:
Teeth:
Skin:

Distribution

Montañas del Mico, Guatemala, through low and moderate elevations (0-1000 m) to western Colombia.

Habitat & Ecology

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Reproduction

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Conservation

Status: Not Listed, but habitat destruction threatens amphibians worldwide.

Other Comments

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References

Villa, J., Wilson, L.D., & J.D. Johnson 1988 Middle American Herpetology. Univ. of Missouri Press, 131 pp.
Frank, N., & E. Ramus 1996 A Complete Guide to Scientific and Common Names of Reptiles and Amphibians of the World. NG Publishing, 337 pp

Other Available References from Amphibian Species of the World

Strabomantis biporcatus Peters, 1863, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1863: 405. Syntypes: ZMB 3322, 3330 (3 specimens), according to Bauer, Günther, and Klipfel, 1995, Herpetol. Contrib. W. C. H. Peters: 47. Type locality: "Veragua", Panama.
Hylodes rugosus Peters, 1873, Monatsb. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1873: 610. Holotype: ZMB 7812 according to Bauer, Günther, and Klipfel, 1995, Herpetol. Contrib. W. C. H. Peters: 46. Type locality: "Chiriqui", Panama (see comment under Dendrobates maculatus). Synonymy by Lynch, 1975, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 38: 1-46.
Lithodytes megacephalus Cope, 1875, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, (2)8: 110. Holotype: USNM or ANSP, not located. Type locality: "Pico Blanco, 6000 feet elevation", Costa Rica. Synonymy with Hylodes rugosus Peters, 1874, by Noble, 1918, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 38: 329; synonymy with Strabomantis biporcatus Peters, 1863, by by Lynch, 1975, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 38: 1-46.
Lithodytes gulosus Cope, 1875, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, (2)8: 112. Types: XXXX. Type locality: Pico Blanco, Costa Rica, 6000 feet elevation. Synonymy with Hylodes rugosus Peters, 1874, by Noble, 1918, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 38: 329; synonymy with Strabomantis biporcatus Peters, 1863, by Lynch, 1975, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 38: 1-46.
Lithodytes pelviculus Cope, 1877, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., 18: 89. Types: presumably USNM. Type locality: "West coast of Central America without more specific locality". Synonymy with Hylodes rugosus Peters, 1874, by Noble, 1918, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 38: 329; synonymy with Strabomantis biporcatus Peters, 1863, by Lynch, 1975, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 38: 1-46.
Hylodes rugosus Brocchi, 18XX, Miss. Sci. Mex. Am. Cent., Batr.: 54. Types: XXXX. Type locality: XXXX. Synonymy by XXXX.
Hylodes gulosus--Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Brit. Mus.: 211.
Hylodes biporcatus--Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Brit. Mus.: 220.
Hylodes biporcatus--Brocchi, 1882, Miss. Sci. Mex. Am. Centr., 3(2): 54.
Hylodes megacephalus--Brocchi, 1882, Miss. Sci. Mex. Am. Centr., Rech. Zool., 3(2): 57.
Hylodes pelviculus--Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Brit. Mus.: 210.
Lithodytes florulentus Cope, 1893, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., 31: 336. Syntypes: XXXX. Type locality: Boruca, Costa Rica. Type locality discussed by Savage, 1974, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 22(1): 71-122 [80]. Synonymy by Lynch, 1975, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 38: 1-46; and Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas. Mus. Nat. Hist., Spec. Publ.,23: XXX.
Hylodes florulentus--Günther, 1901, Biol. Centr. Am., Rept. Batr.: 234.
Eleutherodactylus rugosus--Noble, 1918, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 38: 239.
Eleutherodactylus biporcatus--Dunn, 1931, Occas. Pap. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 5: 410.
Eleutherodactylus florulentus--Taylor, 1952, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 35: 765.
Eleutherodactylus (Craugaster) biporcatus--Hedges, 1989, Evol. Biogeogr. West Indies: 317, by implication.
Eleutherodactylus (Craugaster) florulentus--Hedges, 1989, Evol. Biogeogr. West Indies: 317, by implication
Lynch, 1975, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 38: 23-24.
Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 221.