Phytotriades auratus (Boulenger, 1917)
Amphodus auratus Boulenger, 1917, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 8, 20: 185. Syntypes: BMNH 1917.9.27.39-41 according to Condit, 1964, J. Ohio Herpetol. Soc., 4: 86. Type locality: "Mount Tucutche, a little above 3000 feet altitude", Trinidad.
Phyllodytes auratus — Bokermann, 1968, Rev. Brasil. Biol., 28: 157-160.
Phytotriades auratus — Jowers, Downieb, and Cohen, 2009, Stud. Neotrop. Fauna Environ., 43: 186.
English Names
Trinidad Heart-tongued Frogs (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 61).
El Tucuche Golden Frog (Murphy, 1997, Amph. Rept. Trinidad Tobago: 74).
Distribution
Summit of Aripo and El Tucuche, in the Northern Range, and likely also on Morne Bleu Ridge, Trinidad, ca. 940 m elevation.
Comment
See Kenny, 1969, Stud. Fauna Curaçao and other Caribb. Is., 29: 28-30 (as Amphodus auratus), Bokermann, 1968, Rev. Brasil. Biol., 28: 157-160, and Murphy, 1997, Amph. Rept. Trinidad Tobago: 74-75, for accounts. In the Phyllodytes auratus group of Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 110. 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: 266.
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