Hypodactylus mantipus (Boulenger, 1908)
Leptodactylus mantipus Boulenger, 1908, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 8, 2: 515. Holotype: BMNH 1947.2.17.46 (formerly 1909.4.30.80), according to J.D. Lynch in Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 302. Type locality: "San Antonio", Departamento del Valle, Colombia; see Lynch, 1973, Copeia, 1973: 233, for a discussion of the type locality.
Barycholos mantipus — Lynch, 1973, Copeia, 1973: 232-235.
Eleutherodactylus mantipus — Heyer, 1975, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 199: 32. Lynch, 1989, Milwaukee Public Mus. Contrib. Biol. Geol., 79: 1-25.
Eleutherodactylus manipus — Duellman, 1993, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 21: 154. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) mantipus — Lynch, 1996, in Powell and Henderson (eds.), Contr. W. Indian Herpetol.: 154. Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 228.
"Eleutherodactylus" mantipus — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: 4.
Isodactylus mantipus — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 108.
Hypodactylus mantipus — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1795: 67-68.
English Names
Mantipus Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 76).
Distribution
Moderate to intermediate elevations in the Cordillera Occidental and Cordillera Central of Colombia.
Comment
In the Eleutherodactylus nigrovittatus group of Lynch, 1989, Milwaukee Public Mus. Contrib. Biol. Geol., 79: 1-25. Transferred from Barycholos (where it had been placed by Lynch, 1973, Copeia, 1973: 232-235) by Heyer, 1975, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 199: 32. Holotype redescribed by Lynch, 1973, Copeia, 1973: 232-235. In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) conspicillatus series, Eleutherodactylus nigrovittatus group of Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 228. 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.
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