Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Hylodes oxyrhyncus Duméril and Bibron, 1841, Erp. Gen., 8: 622. Holotype: MNHNP 753, according to Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 29. Type locality: unknown.

Hylodes oxyrhynchus — Günther, 1859 "1858", Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus.: 92. Incorrect subsequent spelling of the species name.

Hylodes (Euhyas) oxyrhynchus — Cope, 1862, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 14: 154.

Eleutherodactylus oxyrhyncus — Stejneger, 1904, Annu. Rep. U.S. Natl. Mus. for 1902: 582-583. by implication.

Eleutherodactylus femur-levis Cochran, 1935, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 40: 371. Holotype: MCZ 19836, by original designation. Type locality: "Desbarrière, northeastern foothills, Massif de la Hotte, about 4000 feet altitude", Département du Sud, Haiti. Synonymy of Lynch and Schwartz, 1971, J. Herpetol., 5: 103-112; and Schwartz, 1972, J. Herpetol., 6: 104.

Eleutherodactylus oxyrhynchus — Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 29.

Eleutherodactylus oxyrhyncus — Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 309.

Eleutherodactylus (Euhyas) oxyrhyncus — 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 oxyrhynca — 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

Rednose Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 77).

Distribution

Hispaniola; in Haiti on the northwest slope of Pic Macaya and the eastern foothils; north of Cavaillon on the Massif de la Hotte and the southern slopes of the Massif de la Selle, 333-1212 m elevation.

Comment

In the Eleutherodactylus ricordii group, according to Schwartz, 1965, Stud. Fauna Curaçao and other Caribb. Is., 22: 104. Taxonomic disposition discussed by Lynch and Schwartz, 1971, J. Herpetol., 5: 104-109. The unjustified (but understandable) emendation Eleutherodactylus oxyrhynchus has had nearly universal use (DRF). Subgenus Euhyas; 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: 229. 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: 363.

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