Diasporus citrinobapheus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brachycephaloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura Superfamilia: Brachycephaloidea

Familia: Eleutherodactylidae
Subfamilia: Eleutherodactylinae
Genus: Diasporus
Species: Diasporus citrinobapheus

Name

Diasporus citrinobapheus Hertz, Hauenschild, Lotzkat & Köhler, 2012: figs 1A, B, 22, 33, 55

Holotype: SMF 89814: collected on June 26, 2010 at 19:13 by Andreas Hertz and Sebastian Lotzkat.

Type locality: Quebrada Rasca (8.4851°N, 81.1727°W, 790 m elevation), near Paredón, Comarca Ngöbe-Buglé, western Panama, approximately 50 airline km NNW of the city of Santiago and 20 airline km N of Cañazas, Veraguas.

Etymology: The specific name citrinobapheus is a noun in apposition and is derived from the Greek words citrinos (citrin-yellow) and bapheus (dyer) referring to the yellow body color that dyes one’s fingers yellowish when the frog is handled. Although we could observe this phenomenon in a few other species of Diasporus too, it is notably evident in the new species.

References

Hertz, A.; Hauenschild, F.; Lotzkat, S.; Köhler, G. 2012: A new golden frog species of the genus Diasporus (Amphibia, Eleutherodactylidae) from the Cordillera Central, western Panama. ZooKeys, 196: 23–46. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.196.2774

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Gelbfärber-Regenfrosch
English: Yellow Dyer Rainfrog