Isthmohyla xanthosticta (Duellman, 1968)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hylidae > Subfamily: Hylinae > Genus: Isthmohyla > Species: Isthmohyla xanthosticta

Hyla xanthosticta Duellman, 1968, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 17: 562. Holotype: KU 103772, by original designation. Type locality: "south Fork of the Río Las Vueltas on the south slope of Volcán Barba, near the northwest base of Cerro Chompipe, Heredia Province, Costa Rica, elevation 2100 meters". Savage, 1974, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 22: 103-104, commented on the type locality.

Isthmohyla xanthostictaFaivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 103.

Common Names

South Fork Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 58).

Distribution

Known only from the type locality on the south slope of Volcan Barba in the lower montane zone, 2100 m elevation, Heredia Province, Costa Rica.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Costa Rica

Endemic: Costa Rica

Comment

See account Duellman, 1970, Monogr. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas: 292–294, who considered it to be in the Hyla rivularis group. This group was included in the Hyla pictipes group by Duellman, 2001, Hylid Frogs Middle Am., Ed. 2: 887, and who suggested that this species may be extinct. In the Isthmohyla pictipes group of Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 103. Köhler, 2011, Amph. Cent. Am.: 236–244, provided a brief summary of natural history for the species of Isthmohyla in Central America and provided a range map and photograph for this species.

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