Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Hylodes cruentus Peters, 1873, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1873: 609. Holotype: ZMB 7811 according Bauer, Günther, and Klipfel, 1995, in Bauer et al. (eds.), Herpetol. Contr. W.C.H. Peters: 47. Type locality: "Chiriqui", Panama (see comment under Dendrobates maculatus).

Eleutherodactylus cruentus — Stejneger, 1904, Annu. Rep. U.S. Natl. Mus. for 1902: 582-583. by implication; Ruthven, 1922, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 8: 51.

Syrrhophus lutosus Barbour and Dunn, 1921, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 34: 158. Holotype: MCZ 8023, by original designation. Type locality: "Navarro—3,368 feet. Orange farm of United Fruit Company south of Cartago . . . . Collections were made in the forests up to 6,000 feet", Cantón de Cartago, Provincia de Cartago,] Costa Rica. Savage, 1974, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 22: 99, commented on the type locality. Synonymy by Savage, 1981, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 94: 413.

Eleutherodactylus lutosus lutosus — Dunn, 1931, Occas. Pap. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 5: 411. by implication; Taylor, 1952, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 35: 688.

Eleutherodactylus dubitus Taylor, 1952, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 35: 707. Holotype: KU 24942, by original designation. Type locality: "Isla Bonita (American Cinchona Plantation), Volcán Poas, southeastern slope, elev. 5500 ft.", Cantón de Alajuela, Provincia de Alajuela, Costa Rica. Type locality discussed by Savage, 1974, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 22: 80. Synonymy by Savage, 1981, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 94: 414.

Eleutherodactylus marshae Lynch, 1964, J. Ohio Herpetol. Soc., 4: 66. Holotype: BYU 18819, by original designation. Type locality: "rio Changena, 22 mi. W Almirante, Bocas Del Toro, Panama". Synonymy by Savage, 1981, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 94: 414.

Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) cruentus — Lynch, 1996, in Powell and Henderson (eds.), Contr. W. Indian Herpetol.: 154. Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 223.

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

Pristimantis (Hypodictyon) cruentus — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 114.

English Names

Chiriqui Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 74).

Distribution

Humid forest in the premontane zone on both slopes of Costa Rica and western Panama; scattered lowland records in eastern and southwestern Costa Rica into central Panama (40-1550 m); western slope of the Western Andes in Colombia (Chocó), 200-805 m elevation.

Comment

Lynch, 1979, Misc. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 66: 32, noted that the frog regarded as Eleutherodactylus cruentus by Cochran and Goin, 1970, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 288: 426, was unnamed. Reviewed by Savage, 1981, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 94: 413-420, who addressed previous misidentifications in the literature. In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) martinicensis series, Eleutherodactylus unistrigatus group of Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 223. In the less inclusive Eleutherodactylus cruentus group of Savage, 1981, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 94: 413. See comment under Eleutherodactylus laticlavius. Savage, 2002, Amph. Rept. Costa Rica: 267-268, provided an account and placed this species in his Eleutherodactylus martinicensis series, Eleutherodactylus cruentus group. Miyamoto, 1984, J. Herpetol., 18: 256-263, reported on relationships of this species if other members of the Eleutherodactylus cruentus group in Central America. In the Pristimantis (Hypodictyon) ridens species series of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 114.

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