Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Hylodes conspicillatus Günther, 1858, Arch. Naturgesch., 24: 326. Holotype: BMNH 1947.2.16.20 (formerly 58.7.25.24) according to Lynch, 1975, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 272: 3-9. Type locality: "Anden von Ecuador".

Hylodes (Hylodes) conspicillatus — Cope, 1862, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 14: 153.

Lithodytes conspicillatus — Cope, 1868, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 20: 115.

Eleutherodactylus conspicillatus — Stejneger, 1904, Annu. Rep. U.S. Natl. Mus. for 1902: 582-583. by implication; Stebbins and Hendrickson, 1959, Univ. California Publ. Zool., 56: 528.

Eleutherodactylus conspicillatus conspicillatus — Rivero, 1961, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 126: 63.

Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) conspicillatus — Lynch, 1996, in Powell and Henderson (eds.), Contr. W. Indian Herpetol.: 154. Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 222.

Pristimantis conspicillatus — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 104: 10094. Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.

Pristimantis (Pristimantis) conspicillatus — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 120.

English Names

Chirping Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 73).

Distribution

Upper Amazon Basin in Colombia, Ecuador, western Brazil, and eastern Peru.

Comment

See comment under Eleutherodactylus peruvianus. Reviewed by Lynch, 1975, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 272: 3-9. Distribution records given by Lynch and Lescure, 1980, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Sect. A, Zool., 2: 307, and Lynch, 1980, Am. Mus. Novit., 2696: 4. In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) conspicillatus series, Eleutherodactylus conspicillatus group of Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 222. In the Pristimantis (Pristimantis) conspicillatus species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 120. See Duellman and Lehr, 2009, Terrest.-breeding Frogs in Peru: 163-164, for brief account.

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