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Craugastor cyanochthebius McCranie and Smith, 2006

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Craugastoridae > Subfamily: Craugastorinae > Genus: Craugastor

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Craugastor cyanochthebius McCranie and Smith, 2006, Herpetologica, 62: 185. Holotype: UTA A-56748, by original designation. Type locality: "San Isidro, on the western slopes of Montaña del Cerro Azul, Sierra del Espíritu Santo, Departamento de Copán, Honduras, 1200 m elevation. . . . The locality is approximately 15° 07′ 38.2″ N, 88° 56′ 13.8″ W".

Craugastor (Hylactophryne) cyanochthebius — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 45.

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Cloud forest on the western slopes of Montaña del Cerro Azul, Sierra del Espíritu Santo, 900-1200 m elevation, Departamento de Copán, Honduras.

Comment

In the Craugastor alfredi group, Craugastor spatulatus subgroup, according to the original publication. McCranie, 2007, Herpetol. Rev., 38: 37, summarized the departmental distribution in Honduras. In the Craugastor (Hylactophryne) bocourti species series of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 45.

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