Hypodactylus dolops (Lynch and Duellman, 1980)
Eleutherodactylus dolops Lynch and Duellman, 1980, Misc. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 69: 26. Holotype: KU 143505, by original designation. Type locality: "Salto de Agua, 2.5 km NNE Río Reventador, Provincia Napo, Ecuador, 1660 m."
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) dolops — Lynch, 1996, in Powell and Henderson (eds.), Contr. W. Indian Herpetol.: 154. Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 223.
"Eleutherodactylus" dolops — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 104: 10094. Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: 3.
Isodactylus dolops — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 108.
Hypodactylus dolops — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1795: 67-68.
English Names
Putumayo Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 74).
Distribution
Elevations of 1440-1950 m on the eastern face of the Andes in the departments of Putumayo and Caquetá in Colombia and Napo in Ecuador.
Comment
In the Eleutherodactylus dolops group, according to Lynch, 1989, Milwaukee Public Mus. Contrib. Biol. Geol., 79: 1-25. In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) conspicillatus series, Eleutherodactylus dolops group of Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 223. Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 104: 10092-10097, removed this species from nominal Eleutherodactylus but did not provide a new generic name; see comment under Hypodactylus. Mueses-Cisneros, 2005, Caldasia, 27: 235, provided a record for Putumayo, Colombia. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Eleutherodactylus dolops) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 334.
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