Eleutherodactylus portoricensis

Eleutherodactylus portoricensis

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: Eleutherodactylus
Species: Eleutherodactylus portoricensis

Name

Eleutherodactylus portoricensis Schmidt, 1927

Type locality: "El Yunque, 2000 feet altitude, [Bosque Experimental de Luquillo,] Porto Rico [= Puerto Rico]".

Holotype: AMNH 10249.

Synonyms

• Eleutherodactylus portoricensis Schmidt, 1927
• Eleutherodactylus auriculatus portoricensis — Schmidt, 1928
• Eleutherodactylus portoricensis — Schwartz, 1969
• Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) portoricensis — Hedges, 1989

References

• Schmidt, 1927, Am. Mus. Novit., 279: 2.
• Hedges, 1989, in Woods (ed.), Biogeograph. W. Indies: 327.
• 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 portoricensis . Accessed on 10 May 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Eleutherodactylus portoricensis  (Endangered) Downloaded on 10 May 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Puerto Rican Robber Frog