Rana vibicaria

Cope, 1894

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Size: S/V mm

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High elevations (above 1500 m) of Costa Rica and western Panama.

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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

Levirana vibicaria Cope, 1894, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 46: 197. Type(s): Not stated; but AMNH 5463 and 7445 catalogued as syntypes; AMNH 5463 designated lectotype by Zweifel, 1964, Copeia, 1964: 300. Type locality: "Rancho Redondo, on the divide of the Irazú range", Costa Rica.
Rana godmani Günther, 1900, Biol. Centr. Am., Batr.: 204. Syntypes: BMNH 1947. 2. 28. 18. Type locality: "Costa Rica, Rio Sucio [1900-2000 m, Cartago Province]". Synonymy suggested as likely by Boulenger, 1919, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (9)3: 414-415; made by Barbour and Loveridge, 1929, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 59: 138-146.
Rana vibicaria--Dunn, 1922, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 35: 221-222 [221].
Rana (Trypheropsis) vibicaria--Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 330.
Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 330.
Taylor, 1952, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 35: 900-903
Villa, 1988, Cat. Am. Amph. Rept., 437. 1-2.
Hillis, D.M.; De Sa, R. 1988 Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Rana palmipes group (Salientia: Ranidae) Herp. Mono., 2:1-26.