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Duellmanohyla soralia (Wilson and McCranie, 1985)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hylidae > Subfamily: Hylinae > Genus: Duellmanohyla

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Hyla soralia Wilson and McCranie, 1985, Herpetologica, 41: 133. Holotype: KU 195554, by original designation. Type locality: "Quebrada Grande (15° 05′ N, 88° 55′ W), 1370 m elevation, Sierra de Omoa, Depto. Copán, Honduras".

Duellmanohyla soralia — Campbell and Smith, 1992, Herpetologica, 48: 165.

English Names

Copan Brook Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 52).

Distribution

Elevations of 40-1570 m in the Sierra de Omoa and Sierra Espíritu Santo in northwestern Honduras and from elevations of 420-1200 m in the Sierra de Caral, 775-890 m in the Sierra de Merendón, and 725-1200 m in the Sierra de Espíritu Santo in adjacent northeastern Guatemala.

Comment

See accounts by Duellman, 2001, Hylid Frogs Middle Am., Ed. 2: 1035-1037, and McCranie and Wilson, 2002, Amph. Honduras: 251-254. McCranie, 2007, Herpetol. Rev., 38: 37, summarized the departmental distribution in Honduras. 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: 244.

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