Incilius porteri (Mendelson, Williams, Sheil, and Mulcahy, 2005)
Bufo porteri Mendelson, Williams, Sheil, and Mulcahy, 2005, Sci. Pap. Nat. Hist. Mus. Univ. Kansas, 38: 17. Holotype: KU 97519, by original designation. Type locality: "6 mi [9.6 km] NE Escuela Panamericana, Cerro Uyuca, 5200 ft [1584 m], Francisco Morazán, Honduras".
Cranopsis porteri — 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: 364.
Ollotis porteri — Frost, Grant, and Mendelson, 2006, Copeia, 2006: 558. by implication.
Incilius porteri — Frost, Mendelson, and Pramuk, 2009, Copeia, 2009: 418-419. By implication.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Lower montane tropical forest habitats in the Montañas de Comayagua region (Departments of Comayagua, Francisco Morazan, and La Paz), Honduras.
Comment
In the Incilius coccifer complex and confused with Incilius ibarrai and Incilius coccifer (all as Bufo) prior to its description, according to the original publication. Mendelson, Mulcahy, Williams, and Sites, 2011, Zootaxa, 3138: 1-34, suggested that this species is a member of a monophyletic Incilius coccifer group that includes Incilius coccifer, Incilius cycladen, Incilius ibarrai, Incilius pisinnus, Incilius porteri, and Incilius signifer.
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