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Diasporus hylaeformis (Cope, 1875)
Phyllobates hylaeformis Cope, 1875 "1876", J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Ser. 2, 8: 107. Holotype: USNM 30687 according to Cochran, 1961, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 220: 69. Type locality: "mountain of Pico Blanco, at 7000 feet elevation", Prov. Limón, Costa Rica. Corrected to "Cerro Utyum, 7000 ft, Cantón de Talamanca, Provincia de Limón; 2134 m", Costa Rica, by Savage, 1974, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 22: 110.See discussion of type locality by Arias and Chaves, 2014, Mesoam. Herpetol., 1: 176–180, who concluded that the type locality is actually "Near another unnamed hill at the headwaters of the Río Lari, elev. 2,135 m", Provincia de Limón, Costa Rica.
Phyllobates hyliformis — O'Shaughnessy, 1878, Zool. Rec., 13: 17. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
Syrrhopus hylaeformis — Boulenger, 1888, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1888: 206.
Syrrhaphus hylaeformis — Günther, 1900, Biol. Centr. Amer., Rept. Batr., Vol. 7, Part 155: 218.
Syrrhophus hylaeformis — Nieden, 1923, Das Tierreich, 46: 401.
Eleutherodactylus hylaeformis — Taylor, 1952, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 35: 689.
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) hylaeformis — Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 226.
Pristimantis hylaeformis — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Diasporus hylaeformis — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 47.
English Names
Pico Blanco Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 75).
Distribution
Humid lower montane situations in the cordilleras of Costa Rica and Panama, 1500–2500 m elevation.
Comment
See comment under Eleutherodactylus moro. In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) martinicensis series, Eleutherodactylus diastema group of Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 226. Savage, 2002, Amph. Rept. Costa Rica: 273-274, provided an account and placed this species in his Eleutherodactylus martinicensis series, Eleutherodactylus diastema group. Transferred to Diasporus by Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 47, on the basis of molecular data. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status (as Eleutherodactylus hylaeformis) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 620. Köhler, 2011, Amph. Cent. Am.: 140–191, provided a key to the genera and species of Brachycephaloidea (= Craugastoridae, Eleutherodactylidae) in Central America and provided maps and photographs of the species, including this one.
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