Eleutherodactylus alticola

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 Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura Superfamilia: Brachycephaloidea

Familia: Eleutherodactylidae
Subfamilia: Eleutherodactylinae
Genus: Eleutherodactylus
Species: Eleutherodactylus alticola

Name

Eleutherodactylus alticola Lynn, 1937

Type locality: "summit of Blue Mountain Peak, Parish of St. Thomas, Jamaica. Elevation 7,360 feet; the highest point on the island."

Holotype: USNM 102524.

Synonyms

• Eleutherodactylus alticola Lynn, 1937
• Eleutherodactylus (Euhyas) alticola — Hedges, 1989
• Euhyas alticola — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006

References

• Lynn, 1937, Herpetologica, 1: 89.
• Hedges, 1989, in Woods (ed.), Biogeograph. W. Indies: 322.
• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Eleutherodactylus alticola . Accessed on 07 May 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Eleutherodactylus alticola  (Critically Endangered) Downloaded on 07 May 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Lynn's Robber Frog