Eleutherodactylus rivularis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brachycephaloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura Superfamilia: Brachycephaloidea

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

Name

Eleutherodactylus rivularis Díaz, Estrada & Hedges, 2001: 63

• Holotype: MNHNCU 843, adult ♂, collected by Luis M. Díaz and Humberto Cuevas on 22 February 2000.
• Type locality: “Rio Naguas, La Sierrita (20°06′52″ N, 76°55′45″ W), 90 m, north slope of Sierra Maestra, Bartolomé Masó municipality, Granma Province”, Cuba.

Combinations

• Eleutherodactylus (Euhyas) rivularis Díaz, Estrada & Hedges, 2001: 63 [original combination]
• Euhyas rivularis — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006: 361 [subsequent combination]
• Eleutherodactylus (Euhyas) rivularis — Heinicke, Duellman & Hedges, 2007: table 2 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Díaz, L.M., Estrada, A.R. & Hedges, S.B. 2001. A New Riparial Frog of the Genus Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Eastern Cuba. Caribbean Journal of Science 37(1): 63–71. Reference page. 
• Heinicke, M.P., Duellman, W.E. & Hedges, S.B. 2007. Major Caribbean and Central American frog faunas originated by ancient oceanic dispersal. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104(24): 10092–10097. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0611051104 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2023. IUCN: Eleutherodactylus rivularis  (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023: e.T56920A50165450. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T56920A50165450.en. Accessed on 15 October 2025.