Eleutherodactylus fitzingeri

Fitzinger's Robber Frog

Schmidt, 1857

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

Description

Coloration: Color.
Size: S/V mm
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Distribution

Humid lowlands and lower montane forest (0-1200 m) from eastern Nicaragua south and east throughout both Atlantic and Pacific versant of Costa Rica and Panama, and into northwestern Colombia in the inter-Andean valleys and in the Chocoan lowlands as far south as the Bay of Buenaventura.

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

Hylodes fitzingeri Schmidt, 1857, Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math. Naturwiss. Kl., 24: 12. Holotype: KM 1012/1343, lost according to Savage, 1970, Proc. California Acad. Sci., (4)38: 273-288], who designated LACM 76859 neotype. Lynch and Myers, 1983, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 175: 530, discussed reasons for rejecting the neotype designation. Type locality: Mountains of New Grenada [western Panama], 4000 feet [Polish feet, therefore = 915 m, according to Savage, 1970, Proc. California Acad. Sci., (4)38: 273-288]. Neotype from "Panamá: Canal Zone: Barro Colorado Island, near the laboratory".
Hyla grisea Hallowell, 1861 "1860", Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 12: 485. Holotype: ANSP, lost, according to Savage, 1974, Herpetologica, 30: 296, who designated LACM 76859 neotype. Lynch and Myers, 1983, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 175: 530, rejected the neotype designation. Type locality: Nicaragua. Neotype from "Panamá: Canal Zone: Barro Colorado Island, near the laboratory". Synonymy by Savage, 1974, Herpetologica, 30: 289-299.
Craugaster pulchrigulus Cope, 1862, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1862: 357. Holotype: USNM 4354, lost, according to Savage, 1974, Herpetologica, 30: 296, who designated LACM 76859 neotype. Lynch and Myers, 1983, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 175: 530, rejected the neotype designation. Type locality: "Truando", Depto. Chocó, Colombia. Neotype from "Panamá: Canal Zone: Barro Colorado Island, near the laboratory". Synonymy by Savage, 1974, Herpetologica, 30: 298.
Hylodes (Craugaster) fitzingeri--Cope, 1862, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 14: 153.
Hylodes (Craugaster) pulchrigulus--Cope, 1863, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 15: 48.
Hylodes (Craugaster) griseus--Cope, 1863, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 15: 48.
Lithodytes (Craugaster) griseus--Cope, 1866, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 18: 132.
Leiyla Güntheri Keferstein, 1868, Nach. Ges. Wiss. Georg-August Univ. Göttingen, 1868: 330. Holotype: ZIUG, now destroyed, according to Savage, 1974, Herpetologica, 30: 289-299 [296], who designated LACM 76859 as neotype. Lynch and Myers, 1983, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 175: 530, rejected the neotype designation. Type locality: Costa Rica. Neotype from "Panamá: Canal Zone: Barro Colorado Island, near the laboratory". Synonymy by Savage, 1974, Herpetologica, 30: 289-299. Junior secondary homonym of Hylodes güntheri Steindachner, 1864.
Lithodytes guentheri--Cope, 1887, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 32: 16.
Liohyla guentheri--Günther, 1900, Biol. Centr. Am., Rept. Batr..: 220 (in part).
Hylodes nubilus Günther, 1901, Biol. Centr. Am., Rept. Batr.: 237. Holotype: BM 1947.2.15.80 (formerly 1902.5.13.29). Type locality: Escazu, San José, Costa Rica, 1000 m. Synonymy by Savage, 1974, Herpetologica, 30: 289-299.
Eleutherodactylus nubilus--Noble, 1918, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 38: 331; Taylor, 1952, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 35: 762.
Eleutherodactylus fitzingeri--Dunn, 1931, Occas. Pap. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 5: 385.
Eleutherodactylus griseus--Cei, 1956, Invest. Zool. Chilen., 3: 54.
Eleutherodactylus (Craugaster) fitzingeri--Hedges, 1989, Evol. Biogeogr. West Indies: 317, by implication
Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Misc. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 23: 224.
Savage, 1974, Herpetologica, 30: 298
Lynch and Myers, 1983, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 175: 530-537.