Eleutherodactylus alticola Lynn, 1937
Eleutherodactylus alticola Lynn, 1937, Herpetologica, 1: 89. Holotype: USNM 102524, by original designation. Type locality: "summit of Blue Mountain Peak, Parish of St. Thomas, Jamaica. Elevation 7,360 feet; the highest point on the island."
Eleutherodactylus (Euhyas) alticola — Hedges, 1989, in Woods (ed.), Biogeograph. W. Indies: 322. Hedges, 1990 "1989", Caribb. J. Sci., 25: 123-147; Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Euhyas alticola — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 361.
English Names
Lynn's Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 72).
Distribution
Jamaica; high elevations in the Blue Mountains between Sir Johns Peak and the type locality, 1650-2250 m elevation.
Comment
In the Eleutherodactylus gossei group according to Goin, 1954, Ann. Carnegie Mus., 33: 186: Schwartz and Fowler, 1973, Stud. Fauna Curaçao and other Caribb. Is., 43: 135; and Crombie, 1977, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 90: 197-204. In the less inclusive Eleutherodactylus (Euhyas) luteolus series, Eleutherodactylus nubicola group of Hedges, 1989, in Woods (ed.), Biogeograph. W. Indies: 322, and Hedges, 1990 "1989", Caribb. J. Sci., 25: 123-147. In the Eleutherodactylus (Euhyas) nubicola group according to Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 219. In the Eleutherodactylus (Euhyas) luteolus species series, Eleutherodactylus luteolus species group, Eleutherodactylus nubicola species subgroup of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 72. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 317.
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