Craugastor taurus

Craugastor taurus

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
Genus: Craugastor
Species: Craugastor taurus

Name

Craugastor taurus (Taylor, 1958)

• Holotype: KU 43866, adult ♀, collected by E.H. Taylor on 6 September 1952.
• Type locality: “Golfito, [Cantón de Golfito,] Puntarenas Province”, Costa Rica.

Combinations

• Eleutherodactylus taurus Taylor, 1958: 17 [Original combination]
• Eleutherodactylus (Craugastor) taurus — Hedges, 1989: 317 [subsequent combination]
• Craugastor taurus — Crawford & Smith, 2005: 551 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Taylor, E.H. 1958. Additions to the Known Herpetological Fauna of Costa Rica with Comments on Other Species. No. III. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 39(1): 3–40. BHL Reference page. 
• 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 taurus  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T56995A3053897. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T56995A3053897.en. Accessed on 20 April 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Golfito Robber Frog