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Eleutherodactylus dolomedes Hedges and Thomas, 1992

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Eleutherodactylidae > Subfamily: Eleutherodactylinae > Genus: Eleutherodactylus

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Eleutherodactylus (Euhyas) dolomedes Hedges and Thomas, 1992, Herpetologica, 48: 356. Holotype: USNM 309780, by original designation. Type locality: "Caye Paul (10.7 km WNW Les Platons), Dépt. du Sud, Haiti, 1120 m".

Euhyas dolomedes — 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.

Eleutherodactylus (Euhyas) dolomedes — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.

English Names

Hedge's Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 74).

Distribution

Known only from the vicinity of the type locality in remnant cloud forest in the Massif de la Hotte, Tiburon Peninsula, Haiti, 1120 m elevation.

Comment

A member of the Eleutherodactylus (Euhyas) bakeri series, according to the original publication. In Eleutherodactylus (Euhyas), not assigned to species group by Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 223. In the Eleutherodactylus (Euhyas) oxyrhyncus species series, Eleutherodactylus bakeri species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 74. 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: 334.

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