Eleutherodactylus eneidae Rivero, 1959, Breviora, 103: 4. Holotype: MCZ 30429, by original designation. Type locality: "Doña Juana Forest, Villalba, Puerto Rico".
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) eneidae — Hedges, 1989, in Woods (ed.), Biogeograph. W. Indies: 327. Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: 9.
Villalba Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 74).
Interior uplands of Puerto Rico, from 8.5 mi. north of Sabana Grande in the west to the Bosque Experimental de Luquillo in the east, 1000-3800 ft. elevation.
In the Eleutherodactylus auriculatus group, according to Schwartz, 1969, Stud. Fauna Curaçao and other Caribb. Is., 30: 101. In the Eleutherodactylus auriculatus section, Eleutherodactylus martinicensis series, unassigned to species group, according to Hedges, 1989, in Woods (ed.), Biogeograph. W. Indies: 327. In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) martinicensis series, Eleutherodactylus martinicensis group of Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 224. In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) martinicensis species series, Eleutherodactylus antillensis species group, Eleutherodactylus locustus species subgroup of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 59. 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: 336, who suggested that the species is likely extinct.
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