Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Hylodes rubicundus Jiménez de la Espada, 1875, Vert. Viaje Pacif. Verif. 1862-1865: pl. 3, fig. 4. Holotype: MNCN specimen figured in plate 3, fig. 4 of the original; now lost, according to Lynch and Duellman, 1980, Misc. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 69: 54. Type locality: Not stated.

Eleutherodactylus rubicundus — Stejneger, 1904, Annu. Rep. U.S. Natl. Mus. for 1902: 582-583. by implication; Gorham, 1966, Das Tierreich, 85: 99.

Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) rubicundus — Lynch, 1996, in Powell and Henderson (eds.), Contr. W. Indian Herpetol.: 154. Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 232.

Eleutherodactylus rubricundus — Savage, 2002, Amph. Rept. Costa Rica: 227. Incorrect subsequent spelling.

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

Pristimantis (Hypodictyon) rubicundus — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 116.

English Names

Trench Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 79).

Distribution

Lower Amazonian slopes of the Andes in Ecuador, from the lower part of the Pastaza trench (1080-1300 m) north to the Cordillera del Dué (1150 m), Ecuador.

Comment

Taxonomic disposition discussed by Lynch and Schwartz, 1971, J. Herpetol., 5: 103-114. See account by Lynch and Duellman, 1980, Misc. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 69: 54-56. In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) cerasinus series, Eleutherodactylus cerasinus group according to Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 232. Savage, 2002, Amph. Rept. Costa Rica: 227, included this species in his Eleutherodactylus cerasinus series, Eleutherodactylus cerasinus group. In the Pristimantis (Hypodictyon) rubicundus group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 116. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Eleutherodactylus rubicundus) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 375.

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