Rheobates palmatus (Werner, 1899)
Phyllobates (Hypodictyon) palmatus Werner, 1899, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien, 49: 479. Holotype: Originally ZIUG; now ZFMK 28134, according to Böhme and Bischoff, 1984, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 19: 180. Type locality: "Fusagasugá, 1700 m, (bei Bogotá)", Departamento Cundinamarca, Colombia.
Hylixalus granuliventris Boulenger, 1919, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1919: 79-81. Holotype: BMNH, by original designation. Type locality: "Bogotá", Cundinamarca, Colombia. Synonymy by Dunn, 1957, Copeia, 1957: 77; Cochran and Goin, 1970, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 288: 52.
Syrrhophus palmatus — Barbour and Noble, 1920, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 63: 401.
Hyloxalus granuliventris — Hellmich, 1939, Wochenschr. Aquar. Terrarienkd., Braunschweig, 36: 536. Hellmich, 1940, Zool. Anz., 131: 114; Dunn, 1944, Caldasia, 2: 403.
Hyloxalus palmatus — Dunn, 1944, Caldasia, 2: 403.
Prostherapis palmatus — Dunn, 1957, Copeia, 1957: 77.
Phyllobates palmatus — Cochran, 1966, Mem. Inst. Butantan, São Paulo, 33: 64.
Prostherapis granuliventris —Dunn In Savage, 1968, Copeia, 1968: 6. by implication.
Colostethus granuliventris — Edwards, 1971, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 84: 148.
Colostethus palmatus — Edwards, 1971, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 84: 148.
Colostethus palmatus granuliventris — Gorham, 1974, Checklist World Amph.: 115.
Colostethus palmatus palmatus — Gorham, 1974, Checklist World Amph.: 115.
Rheobates palmatus — Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 299: 159.
English Names
Palm Rocket Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 49).
Distribution
Cordillera Oriental (both slopes), eastern slope of the Cordillera Central, and Serranía de La Macarena at elevations of 350-2500 m elevation, Colombia.
Comment
Prior to the revision of Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 299, in the Colostethus fuliginosus group (Group VI) of Rivero, 1990 "1988", Mem. Soc. Cienc. Nat. La Salle, 48: 3-32. Lynch and Renjifo, 2001, Guia Anf. Rept. Bogota: 43, presented a brief account and photograph. Lynch, 2006, Caldasia, 28: 139, characterized the range in Colombia.
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