Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Eleutherodactylus apostates Schwartz, 1973, J. Herpetol., 7: 262. Holotype: CM 54093, by original designation. Type locality: "ca. 2 km S Castillon, 3800 ft (1159 meters), Département du Sud, Haiti".

Eleutherodactylus (Euhyas) apostates — Hedges, 1989, in Woods (ed.), Biogeograph. W. Indies: 325. Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.

Euhyas apostates — 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

Apostates Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 72).

Distribution

Hispaniola: known from Zapoti and the region of the type locality in the Massif de la Hotte, southwestern Haiti, 333-1640 m elevation.

Comment

In the Eleutherodactylus ricordii group, and most closely related to Eleutherodactylus schmidti, according to the original publication. Reviewed by Schwartz, 1977, Cat. Am. Amph. Rept., 201: 1. Not assignable to species group according to Hedges, 1989, in Woods (ed.), Biogeograph. W. Indies: 325. In the Eleutherodactylus (Euhyas) ricordii group according to Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 220. In the Eleutherodactylus (Euhyas) oxyrhyncus species series, Eleutherodactylus oxyrhyncus species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 77. 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: 318.

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