Eleutherodactylus diastema

Cope, 1876

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Nicaragua south through Central America and western Colombia to Ecuador.

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

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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

Lithodytes diastema Cope, 1876, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, (2)8: 155. Syntypes: USNM 25170-71; USNM 25170 designated lectotype by Dunn, 1942, Not. Nat., Philadelphia, 104: 2, who noted that USNM 25171 is a specimen of Eleutherodactylus ockendeni (=Eleutherodactylus taeniatus). Type locality: "Camp Mary Caretta, Panama".
Hylodes diastema--Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Brit. Mus.: 212.
Hyla chica Noble, 1918, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 38: 335-339. Holotype: AMNH 8230. Type locality: "near Bluefields, Nicaragua--Maselina Creek, two miles from mouth", Nicaragua. Synonymy by Dunn, 1942, Not. Nat., Philadelphia, 104: 2; Taylor, 1952, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 35: 701.
Eleutherodactylus diastema--Barbour and Dunn, 1921, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 32: 161.
Syrrhopus ineptus Barbour, 1928, Proc. New England Zool. Club, 10: 25-26. Holotype: MCZ 13050. Type locality: "Rio Chenillo, near Monte Lirio, Canal Zone of Panama". Synonymy by Dunn, 1942, Not. Nat., Philadelphia, 104: 2; Taylor, 1952, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 35: 701.
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) diastema-- Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 223
Cochran and Goin, 1970, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 288: 422-424.
Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 223.
Ruíz-Carranza, Ardila-Robayo, and Lynch, 1997, Rev. Acad. Colomb., Cienc. Exact. Fis. Nat., 20: 396, noted that Colombia records required confirmation.