Leptodactylus silvanimbus McCranie, Wilson, and Porras, 1980
Leptodactylus silvanimbus McCranie, Wilson, and Porras, 1980, J. Herpetol., 14: 361. Holotype: USNM 212046, by original designation. Type locality: "Belén Gualcho, Cordillera de Celaque, Depto. Ocotepeque, Depto. Ocotepeque, Honduras, elevation 1700-1900 m (14° 29′ N, 88° 47′ W)".
English Names
Honduras White-lipped Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 82).
Distribution
Moderate elevations (1470-2000 m) along the continental divide of the mountain ranges Celaque and Merendón in the Departamento Ocotepeque, Honduras.
Comment
In the Leptodactylus pentadactylus group according to the original publication; subsequently transferred to the Leptodactylus melanonotus group by McCranie, Wilson, and Williams, 1986, J. Herpetol., 20: 560-562. See account by McCranie and Wilson, 2002, Amph. Honduras: 455-458. Reviewed by Heyer, de Sá, and Muller, 2002, Cat. Am. Amph. Rept., 743: 1-3. Heyer, de Sá, and Muller, 2005, in Donnelly et al. (eds.), Ecol. Evol. Tropics: 81-101, discussed the phylogenetic relationships of this species. McCranie, 2007, Herpetol. Rev., 38: 38, 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: 402.
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