- Amphibian Species of the World on Twitter
- What is the right name?
- Curator's blog
- Running log of additions and changes, 2023
- Logs of changes and additions, 2014–2022
- How to cite
- How to use
- History of the project, 1980 to 2023
- Comments on amphibian taxonomy relating to versions 3.0 to 6.1 (2004 to 2023)
- Scientific Nomenclature and Its Discontents
- Structure of the taxonomic records
- Contributors and reviewers for Amphibian Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (1985)
- Contributors, online editions
- Versions
- Museum abbreviations
- Links to useful amphibian systematic, conservation, collection management, informational, and/or regional sites
- Links to useful FREE library sites
- Copyright and terms of use
Ecnomiohyla valancifer (Firschein and Smith, 1956)
Hyla valancifer Firschein and Smith, 1956, Herpetologica, 12: 18. Holotype: UIMNH 35398, by original designation. Type locality: "Volcán San Martín, 4500 ft., Veracruz, Mexico".
Ecnomiohyla valancifer — Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 100.
Ecnomiohyla valencifer — Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 12. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
English Names
San Martin Fringe-limbed Treefrog (Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 23; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 58).
Lichenose Fringe-limbed Treefrog (Campbell, 1998, Amph. Rept. N. Guatemala Yucatan Belize: 82).
Fringe-limbed Treefrog (Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 12).
Distribution
Elevations of 500–1180 m in rainforest and cloud forest the Sierra de Los Tuxtlas, southern Veracruz, Mexico.
Comment
See comments under Ecnomiohyla minera and Ecnomiohyla salvaje which were previously confused with this species. See account by Duellman, 1970, Monogr. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas: 342–346, Lee, 2000, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Maya World: 105–107, and note by Duellman, 2001, Hylid Frogs Middle Am., Ed. 2: 898. See illustration, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 246. Köhler, 2011, Amph. Cent. Am.: 222–226, provided a brief summary of natural history for the species of Ecnomiohyla in Central America and provided a range map and photograph for this species. See account by Mendelson, Eichenbaum, and Campbell, 2015, S. Am. J. Herpetol., 10: 192–193.
External links:
Please note: these links will take you to external websites not affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History. We are not responsible for their content.
- For additional sources of information from other sites search Google
- For images search CalPhoto Images and Google Images
- To search the NIH genetic sequence database, see GenBank
- For additional information see AmphibiaWeb report
- For information on conservation status and distribution see the IUCN Redlist
- For related information on conservation and images as well as observation see iNaturalist
- For access to available specimen data for this species, from over 350 scientific collections, go to Vertnet.