Craugastor augusti (Dugès, 1879)
Lithodytes latrans Cope, 1878, Am. Nat., 12: 186. Nomen nudum.
Hylodes augusti Dugès In Brocchi, 1879, Bull. Soc. Philomath., Paris, Ser. 7, 3: 21. Syntypes: MDUG (3 specimens, now lost); MDUG ("marked type") designated neotype by Smith and Necker, 1943, An. Esc. Nac. Cienc. Biol., México, 3: 201. Type locality: "Guanajuato, [Guanajuato,] (Mexique)".
Lithodytes latrans Cope, 1880, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 17: 25. Syntypes: Possible syntypes include USNM 10058 (2 specimens), 10529 (2 specimens), and 1075 1-53 (according to Cochran, 1961, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 220: 65), and ANSP 10757-58 (according to Piatt, 1934, Am. Midl. Nat., 15: 89-91). Type locality: "cliffs of the cretaceous limestone which are found in every direction along the borders and river valleys of the first plateau region [of southwestern Texas]", USA; given as Helotes, Bexar County, Texas, USA, by Cochran, 1961, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 220: 65. Synonymy by Mocquard, 1899, Bull. Soc. Philomath., Paris, Ser. 9, 1: 160; and Zweifel, 1956, Am. Mus. Novit., 1813: 17.
Hylodes latrans — Garman, 1884, Bull. Essex Inst., 16: 42. Günther, 1901, Biol. Centr. Amer., Rept. Batr., Part 162: 241.
Eleutherodactylus latrans — Stejneger, 1904, Annu. Rep. U.S. Natl. Mus. for 1902: 582-583. by implication; Stejneger and Barbour, 1917, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept.: 34.
Eleutherodactylus augusti — Stejneger, 1904, Annu. Rep. U.S. Natl. Mus. for 1902: 582-583. by implication; Slevin, 1931, Copeia, 1931: 140; Kellogg, 1932, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 160: 100; Hedges, 1989, in Woods (ed.), Biogeograph. W. Indies: 317; by implication.
Eleutherodactylus cactorum Taylor, 1939 "1938", Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 25: 391. Holotype: EHT-HMS 6383, by original designation; now FMNH 100021 according to Marx, 1976, Fieldiana, Zool., 69: 47. Type locality: "km. 226, 20 miles northwest of Tehuacán, [near Cacaloapam,] Puebla", Mexico. Synonymy by Zweifel, 1956, Am. Mus. Novit., 1813: 17.
Eleutherodactylus bolivari Taylor, 1942, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 28: 298. Holotype: EHT-HMS 29564 (now UIMNH or FMNH, but not in FMNH type list). Type locality: "Ixtapan del Oro, México, México". Synonymy (with Eleutherodactylus augusti cactorum) by Zweifel, 1956, Am. Mus. Novit., 1813: 20.
Eleutherodactylus augusti augusti — Zweifel, 1956, Am. Mus. Novit., 1813: 14.
Eleutherodactylus augusti cactorum — Zweifel, 1956, Am. Mus. Novit., 1813: 17.
Eleutherodactylus augusti fuscofemora Zweifel, 1956, Am. Mus. Novit., 1813: 24. Holotype: FMNH 48132, by original designation. Type locality: "Sacaton, 5 miles south of Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila, Mexico".
Eleutherodactylus augusti latrans — Zweifel, 1956, Am. Mus. Novit., 1813: 17.
Hylactophryne augusti latrans — Lynch, 1968, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 17: 511. by implication.
Hylactophryne augusti — Lynch, 1968, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 17: 511.
Eleutherodactylus (Craugastor) augusti — Hedges, 1989, in Woods (ed.), Biogeograph. W. Indies: 318. Lynch, 1996, in Powell and Henderson (eds.), Contr. W. Indian Herpetol.: 154; Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 220.
Eleutherodactylus (Craugastor) fuscofemora — Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 224. Unintended combination.
Eleutherodactylus (Craugastor) latrans — Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 227. Unintended combination.
Eleutherodactylus latrans — Goldberg, Sullivan, Malone, and Schwalbe, 2004, Herpetologica, 60: 312. Conditional combination.
Eleutherodactylus cactorum — Goldberg, Sullivan, Malone, and Schwalbe, 2004, Herpetologica, 60: 312. Conditional combination.
Craugastor augusti — Crawford and Smith, 2005, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 35: 551. by implication; 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: 360.
Craugastor (Hylactophryne) augusti — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 44.
Craugastor augusti augusti — Frost, McDiarmid, and Mendelson, 2008, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 37: 5. By implication.
Craugastor augusti cactorum — Frost, McDiarmid, and Mendelson, 2008, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 37: 5.
Craugastor augusti latrans — Frost, McDiarmid, and Mendelson, 2008, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 37: 5.
Craugastor augusti fusciofemora — Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 9. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
English Names
Barking Frog (Stebbins, 1951, Amph. W. North Am.: 219; Stebbins, 1966, Field Guide W. North Am. Rept. Amph.: 55; Collins, Huheey, Knight, and Smith, 1978, Herpetol. Circ., 7: 11; Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 18; Collins, 1997, Herpetol. Circ., 25: 12; Stebbins, 2003, Field Guide W. Rept. Amph., Ed. 3: 201; Frost, McDiarmid, and Mendelson, 2008, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 37: 5; Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 9; Collins and Taggart, 2009, Standard Common Curr. Sci. Names N. Am. Amph. Turtles Rept. Crocodil., ed. 6: 6; Frost, McDiarmid, Mendelson, and Green, 2012, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 39: 14).
Mexican Cliff Frog (Wright and Wright, 1933, Handb. Frogs Toads U.S. Canada: x).
Texas Cliff Frog (Eleutherodactylus latrans: Wright and Wright, 1933, Handb. Frogs Toads U.S. Canada: x).
Common Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 72).
Common Barking Frog (Craugastor augusti augusti: Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 18; Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 9).
Western Barking Frog (Craugastor augusti cactorum: Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 60; Conant, Cagle, Goin, Lowe, Neill, Netting, Schmidt, Shaw, Stebbins, and Bogert, 1956, Copeia, 1956: 176; Stebbins, 1966, Field Guide W. North Am. Rept. Amph.: 55; Collins, Huheey, Knight, and Smith, 1978, Herpetol. Circ., 7: 11; Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 18; Crother, Boundy, Campbell, de Queiroz, Frost, Highton, Iverson, Meylan, Reeder, Seidel, Sites, Taggart, Tilley, and Wake, 2001 "2000", Herpetol. Circ., 29: 9; Frost, McDiarmid, and Mendelson, 2008, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 37: 5 Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 9; Collins and Taggart, 2009, Standard Common Curr. Sci. Names N. Am. Amph. Turtles Rept. Crocodil., ed. 6: 6; Frost, McDiarmid, Mendelson, and Green, 2012, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 39: 14),
Western Robber Frog (Eleutherodactylus augusti cactorum: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 72).
Zweifel's Barking Frog (Eleutherodactylus augusti fuscofemora: Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 18 Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 9).
Robber Frog (Eleutherodactylus augusti latrans: Yarrow, 1882, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 24: 24; Strecker, 1915, Baylor Bull., 18: 47; Strecker, 1928, Contr. Baylor Univ. Mus., 16: 10; Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 60).
Barking Frog (Eleutherodactylus augusti latrans: Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 60; Conant, Cagle, Goin, Lowe, Neill, Netting, Schmidt, Shaw, Stebbins, and Bogert, 1956, Copeia, 1956: 176; Conant, 1975, Field Guide Rept. Amph. E. Cent. N. Am., Ed. 2: 303).
Eastern Barking Frog (Craugastor augusti latrans: Stebbins, 1966, Field Guide W. North Am. Rept. Amph.: 55; Collins, Huheey, Knight, and Smith, 1978, Herpetol. Circ., 7: 11; Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 18; Collins, 1997, Herpetol. Circ., 25: 12; Frost, McDiarmid, and Mendelson, 2008, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 37: 5; Collins and Taggart, 2009, Standard Common Curr. Sci. Names N. Am. Amph. Turtles Rept. Crocodil., ed. 6: 6; Frost, McDiarmid, Mendelson, and Green, 2012, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 39: 14).
Eastern Robber Frog (Eleutherodactylus augusti latrans: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 72).
Balcones Barking Frog (Eleutherodactylus augusti latrans: Crother, Boundy, Campbell, de Queiroz, Frost, Highton, Iverson, Meylan, Reeder, Seidel, Sites, Taggart, Tilley, and Wake, 2001 "2000", Herpetol. Circ., 29: 9; Frost, McDiarmid, and Mendelson, 2008, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 37: 5 Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 9).
Distribution
Southern Arizona (Quinlan, Santa Rita, Patagonia, Huachuca, and Pajarito Mts.) and northeastern Sonora (Sierra El Tigre) south along the Pacific Coast foothills and mountains of western Mexico; southeastern and south-central New Mexico to central Texas (USA) south through central and southern Mexico to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (Oaxaca, Mexico).
Comment
Reviewed by Zweifel, 1967, Cat. Am. Amph. Rept., 41: 1-4. In the Eleutherodactylus (Craugastor) augusti group according to Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 220. Considered to not be part of a monophyletic Craugastor by Lynch, 2000, Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. Exact. Fis. Nat., 24: 130. Record for central Arizona is doubtful (DRF). Enderson, 2002, Herpetol. Rev., 33: 316, provided a record for the Quinlan Mts. of Pima Co., Arizona. Enderson, Bezy, and Bezy, 2004, Herpetol. Rev., 35: 184, provided the record for the Patagonia Mts., Arizona. Stebbins, 2003, Field Guide W. Rept. Amph., Ed. 3: 201, provided a brief account, figure, and map. Goldberg, Sullivan, Malone, and Schwalbe, 2004, Herpetologica, 60: 312-320, on the basis of mtDNA, morphology, and vocalization found significant differences between Arizona-Sonora populations on one hand and Texas-New Mexico populations on the other, suggesting species distinctiveness. They discussed the alternative but witheld a formal taxonomic change pending evaluation of population through central Mexico. In the Craugastor (Hylactophryne) augusti species series of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 44. Seifert, 1978, Herpetol. Rev., 9: 61, provided a record from Pyote, Texas, USA.
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