Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Hylodes auriculatus Cope, 1862, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 14: 152. Syntypes: by original designation, "Mus. Smithsonian, (No. 5207.) Philadelphia Academy [now lost?].", presumably lost as not noted in recent USNM or ANSP type lists. Type locality: "Eastern Cuba".

Hylodes (Hylodes) auriculatus — Cope, 1862, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 14: 153.

Eleutherodactylus auriculatus — Stejneger, 1904, Annu. Rep. U.S. Natl. Mus. for 1902: 583.

Eleutherodactylus sonans Dunn, 1925, Occas. Pap. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 5: 164. Holotype: MCZ 10609, by original designation. Type locality: "Soledad, [Cienfuegos Province,] Cuba". Synonymy by Barbour, 1937, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 82: 97.

Eleutherodactylus auriculatus sonans — Barbour, 1937, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 82: 97.

Eleutherodactylus sonans — Schwartz, 1958, Herpetologica, 14: 70.

Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) auriculatus — Hedges, 1989, in Woods (ed.), Biogeograph. W. Indies: 326. Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 104: 10093; Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2; Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 55-56.

English Names

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

Distribution

Widespread on Cuba and Isla de Pinos (= Isla de Juventud), sea level to 1300 m elevation.

Comment

In the Eleutherodactylus auriculatus group, according to Schwartz, 1958, Am. Mus. Novit., 1873: 2, and Schwartz, 1965, Herpetologica, 21: 27-31. See also Schwartz, 1960, Sci. Publ. Reading Public Mus. Art Gallery, 11: 4-5. In the Eleutherodactylus auriculatus section, unassigned to series or species group, according to Hedges, 1989, in Woods (ed.), Biogeograph. W. Indies: 326. In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) martinicensis series, Eleutherodactylus martinicensis group according to Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 220. In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) auriculatus species series, Eleutherodactylus auriculatus group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 55. Díaz and Cadíz, 2008, Guía Taxon. Anf. Cuba, 4: 111-112, provided a brief account, illustration, and map. Rodríguez, Vences, Nevado, Machordom, and Verheyen, 2010, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 54: 179-186, suggested on the basis of molecular evidence that this taxon is composed of at least 4 species, which form a paraphyletic series with respect to Eleutherodactylus bartonsmithi and Eleutherodactylus principalis.

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