Craugastor fleischmanni (Boettger, 1892)
Hylodes fleischmanni Boettger, 1892, Kat. Batr. Samml. Mus. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges.: 27. Syntypes: SMF 1200.2a (3 specimens); SMF 3778 (formerly 1200.2a) designated lectotype by Mertens, 1967, Senckenb. Biol., 48(A): 39. Type locality: "San José, [Canton de San José, Provincia San José,] Costa Rica". Savage, 1974, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 22: 105-106, commented on the type locality.
Lithodytes euryglossus Cope, 1894, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 46: 194-206. Holotype: AMNH 5462 (formerly Museo Nacional de Costa Rica No. 448), according to XXX. Type locality: "San José", Canton de San José, Provincia San José, Costa Rica. Savage, 1974, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 22: 105-106, commented on the type locality. Synonymy by Dunn, 1940, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 92: 105-122; and Savage, 1975, Copeia, 1975: 268.
Liohyla fleischmanni — Günther, 1900, Biol. Centr. Amer., Rept. Batr., Part 164: 222.
Liohyla engytympanum Günther, 1900, Biol. Centr. Amer., Rept. Batr., Part 164: 224. Holotype: BMNH 94.11.15.26, according to XXX. Type locality: "Costa Rica, Monte Redondo", Canton de Asseri, San José, Costa Rica. Savage, 1974, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 22: 103, commented on the type locality. Synonymy by Dunn, 1940, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 92: 105-122; and Savage, 1975, Copeia, 1975: 268.
Hylodes euryglossus — Günther, 1900, Biol. Centr. Amer., Rept. Batr., Part 164: 232.
Eleutherodactylus fleishmanni — Stejneger, 1904, Annu. Rep. U.S. Natl. Mus. for 1902: 582-583. by implication; Barbour and Dunn, 1921, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 34: 161. Incorrect subsequent spelling. Based on specimens of Eleutherodactylus escoces and Eleutherodactylus ranoides according to Campbell and Savage, 2000, Herpetol. Monogr., 14: 271.
Eleutherodactylus punctariolus engytympanum — Dunn, 1940, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 92: 108.
Eleutherodactylus punctariolus fleischmanni — Dunn, 1940, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 92: 108. Based on a composite of several members of the Eleutherodactylus rugulosus group according to Campbell and Savage, 2000, Herpetol. Monogr., 14: 269.
Eleutherodactylus fleischmanni — Taylor, 1952, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 35: 750.
Eleutherodactylus engytympanum — Taylor, 1952, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 35: 753.
Eleutherodactylus euryglossus — Taylor, 1952, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 35: 764.
Eleutherodactylus (Craugastor) fleischmanni — Hedges, 1989, in Woods (ed.), Biogeograph. W. Indies: 317. by implication; Lynch, 1996, in Powell and Henderson (eds.), Contr. W. Indian Herpetol.: 154.
Craugastor fleischmanni — 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 (Craugastor) fleischmanni — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 41.
English Names
Fleischmann's Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 74).
Distribution
In Costa Rica on the Meseta Central Oriental and Occidental, the Pacific slopes of the volcanoes Poás and Barva, the Atlantic slopes of the volcanoes Irazú and Turrialba and the slopes of the Cordillera de Talamanca, 1060-2286 m elevation.
Comment
In the Eleutherodactylus (Craugastor) rugulosus group of Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 224. See account by Campbell and Savage, 2000, Herpetol. Monogr., 14: 271-274. See account by Savage, 2002, Amph. Rept. Costa Rica: 250, who included this species in his Eleutherodactylus fitzingeri series, Eleutherodactylus rugulosus group. In the Craugastor punctariolus species series of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 42. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 303.
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