Hypodactylus latens (Lynch, 1989)
Eleutherodactylus latens Lynch, 1989, Milwaukee Public Mus. Contrib. Biol. Geol., 79: 13. Holotype: ICN 6346, by original designation. Type locality: "Boqueron, Serranía Las Valdías, Municipio de Medellin, Departamento de Antioquia, Colombia, 2800-3000 m".
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) latens — Lynch, 1996, in Powell and Henderson (eds.), Contr. W. Indian Herpetol.: 154. Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 227.
"Eleutherodactylus" latens — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: 4.
Isodactylus latens — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 108.
Hypodactylus latens — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1795: 67-68.
English Names
Boqueron Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 76).
Distribution
Subparamo habitats in the Departaments of Antioquia, Caldas, Quindio, and Tolima on the Cordillera Central, Colombia, 2600-3200 m elevation.
Comment
In the Eleutherodactylus nigrovittatus group, most closely related to Eleutherodactylus mantipus, according to the original publication. In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) conspicillatus series, Eleutherodactylus nigrovittatus group of Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 227. 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. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Eleutherodactylus latens) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 353.
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