Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Eleutherodactylus maculosus Lynch, 1991, J. Herpetol., 25: 349. Holotype: ICN 8591, by original designation. Type locality: "beside the Quebrada Los Patos, 3.7 km by road N of Belmira, vereda Los Patos, Municipio Belmira, Dept. Antioquia, Colombia, 2620 m".

Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) maculosus — Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 227.

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

Pristimantis (Pristimantis) maculosus — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 123.

English Names

Spotted Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 76).

Distribution

Municipios of Sonsón and Belmira, Department of Antioquia, and the municipio of Samaná, Caldas, Colombia, 2560-2900 m elevation.

Comment

Included in the casual Eleutherodactylus leptolophus group in the original publication. In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) martinicensis series, Eleutherodactylus leptolophus group of Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 228. Páez, Galeano, and Urbina, 2004, in Rueda-Almonacid et al. (eds.), Libro Rojo Anf. Colombia: 235-238, provided an account and map. In the Pristimantis (Pristimantis) leptolophus species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 123. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Eleutherodactylus maculosus) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 356.

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