Eleutherodactylus grabhami Dunn, 1926

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Superfamily: Brachycephaloidea > Family: Eleutherodactylidae > Subfamily: Eleutherodactylinae > Genus: Eleutherodactylus > Species: Eleutherodactylus grabhami

English Names

Clarendon Parish Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 75).

Jamaican Pallid Frog (Hedges, Powell, Henderson, Hanson, and Murphy, 2019, Caribb. Herpetol., 67: 10). 

Distribution

Widespread in wet limestone-substrate forests in western and central Jamaica, 150–670 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Jamaica

Endemic: Jamaica

Comment

In the Eleutherodactylus ricordii group according to Schwartz and Fowler, 1973, Stud. Fauna Curaçao and other Caribb. Is., 43: 135, and Crombie, 1977, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 90: 194-204. In the less inclusive Eleutherodactylus (Euhyas) luteolus series, Eleutherodactylus luteolus group of Hedges, 1989, in Woods (ed.), Biogeograph. W. Indies: 320-321. In the Eleutherodactylus (Euhyas) luteolus group of Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 225. In the Eleutherodactylus (Euhyas) luteolus species series, Eleutherodactylus luteolus species group, Eleutherodactylus luteolus species subgroup of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 72. In the Eleutherodactylus (Euhyas) luteolus species series, Eleutherodactylus luteolus species group of Padial, Grant, and Frost, 2014, Zootaxa, 3825: 130. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 342. Henderson and Powell, 2009, Nat. Hist. Rept. Amph. W. Indies: 53, summarized the natural history literature.

External links:

Please note: these links will take you to external websites not affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History. We are not responsible for their content.