Craugastor psephosypharus

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: Craugastoridae
Subfamilia: Craugastorinae
Genus: Craugastor
Species: Craugastor psephosypharus

Name

Craugastor psephosypharus (Campbell, Savage & Meyer, 1994)

• Holotype: UTA A-18194 (field no. JAC 11682), adult ♀, collected by J.A. Campbell on 29 December 1985.
• Type locality: “7.8 km WSW Puerto Santo Tomás, 375 m, northeastern slope Montañas del Mico, Departamento de Izabal, Guatemala,. . . . This locality is located on the eastern slopes of the Montañas del Mico at about 15°41′ N, 88°40′ W. The town of Santo Tomás is called Puerto Santo Tomás de Castilla or Puerto Matías de Gálvez on some maps”.

Combinations

• Eleutherodactylus psephosypharus Campbell, Savage & Meyer, 1994: 413 [original combination]
• Eleutherodactylus (Craugastor) psephosypharus — Lynch & Duellman, 1997: 231 [subsequent combination]
• Craugastor psephosypharus — Crawford & Smith, 2005: 551 [subsequent combination, by implication]

References

Primary references

• Campbell, J.A., Savage, J.M. & Meyer, J.R. 1994. New species of Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) of the rugulosus group from northern Central America. Herpetologica 50(4): 412–419. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Lynch, J.D. & Duellman, W.E. 1997. Frogs of the genus Eleutherodactylus in western Ecuador. Systematics, ecology, and biogeography. Special Publication. Natural History Museum, University of Kansas 23: 1–236.
• Crawford, A.J. & Smith, E.N. 2005. Cenozoic biogeography and evolution in direct-developing frogs of Central America (Leptodactylidae: Eleutherodactylus) as inferred from a phylogenetic analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35(3): 536–555. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.03.006 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2020. IUCN: Craugastor psephosypharus  (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T56882A54370211. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T56882A54370211.en. Accessed on 18 August 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Limestone Rainfrog
español: Rana del Bosque Verrugosa

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