Craugastor melanostictus (Cope, 1875)
Lithodytes melanostictus Cope, 1875 "1876", J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Ser. 2, 8: 109. Holotype: USNM 30608 according to Cochran, 1961, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 220: 66. Type locality: "7000 feet elevation on the Pico Blanco", Provincia Limón, eastern Costa Rica. Corrected to "Cerro Utyum, 7000 ft, Cantón de Talamanca, Provincia de Limón; 2134 m", Costa Rica, by Savage, 1974, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 22: 110.
Hylodes melanostictus — Brocchi, 1881, Miss. Scient. Mex. Amer. Centr., Rech. Zool., 3(2, livr. 1): 56.
Hylodes platyrhynchus Günther, 1900, Biol. Centr. Amer., Rept. Batr., Part 164: 230-231. Holotype: BMNH 1947.2.14.81 (formerly 1905.7.18.1), according to XXX. Type locality: "Costa Rica". Synonymy by Savage and DeWeese, 1981 "1980", Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 93: 928-942.
Eleutherodactylus platyrhynchus — Stejneger, 1904, Annu. Rep. U.S. Natl. Mus. for 1902: 582-583. by implication.
Eleutherodactylus melanostictus — Stejneger, 1904, Annu. Rep. U.S. Natl. Mus. for 1902: 582-583. by implication; Taylor, 1952, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 35: 728.
Eleutherodactylus platyrhynchus — Taylor, 1952, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 35: 757.
Eleutherodactylus (Craugastor) melanostictus — Hedges, 1989, in Woods (ed.), Biogeograph. W. Indies: 317. by implication; Lynch, 1996, in Powell and Henderson (eds.), Contr. W. Indian Herpetol.: 154.
Craugastor melanostictus — 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) melanostictus — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 37.
English Names
Black-lined Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 77).
Distribution
Humid forests in the Cordillera de Tilarán, Costa Rica, to Chiriquí massif of western Panama, 1150-2700 m elevation.
Comment
Reviewed by Savage and DeWeese, 1981 "1980", Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 93: 928-942, who placed it in the Eleutherodactylus melanostictus group, and considered Eleutherodactylus platyrhynchus to be a synonym. Miyamoto and Tennant, 1984, Copeia, 1984: 765-768, transferred it to the Eleutherodactylus fitzingeri group sensu Savage, 1980, Prelim. Handlist Herptofauna Costa Rica. See comment under Eleutherodactylus monnichorum. In the Eleutherodactylus (Craugastor) fitzingeri group of Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 228. See account by Savage, 2002, Amph. Rept. Costa Rica: 241-242, who included this species in his Eleutherodactylus fitzingeri series, Eleutherodactylus fitzingeri group. In the Craugastor fitzingeri series, Craugastor melanostictus species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 37. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 306.
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