The identities of the Colombian frogs confused with Eleutherodactylus latidiscus (Boulenger) (Amphibia: Anura: Leptodactylidae)

OCCASIONAL PAPERS MCZ LIBRARY MAY 1 8 1995 of the NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM^ The University of KansaslRSlTY Lawrence, Kansas number 170, pages 1-42 7 december 1994 The Identities of the Colombian Frogs Confused with Eleutherodactylus latidiscus (Boulenger) (Amphibia: Anura: Leptodactylidae) John D. Lynch, Pedro M. Ruiz-Carranza, and Maria Cristina Ardila-Robayo School of Biological Sciences. The Uiiiversin' of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nebraska. 68588 USA. and Research Associate in Herpetology, Natural History Museum. The University of Kansas (JDL): Museo de Historia Natural. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Apartado Aereo 7495, Bogota, Colombia (MCA-R: PMR-C) ABSTRACT Eleutherodactylus latidiscus (Boulenger) is a lowland species found in western Ecuador and southwestern Colombia; the species is replaced geographi-cally (to the north) by E. cruentus (W. Peters). Eleutherodactylus latidiscus is assigned to the E. cruentus species group. The records attributed to E. latidiscus in Andean Colombia apply to other species (mostly E. supernatis Lynch and E. permixtus sp. nov.). Eleutherodactylus tamsitti Cochran and Coin is not a geo-graphic race of E. latidiscus and is redescribed. Eleutherodactylus permixtus. E. supernatis, and E. tamsitti are not each other's nearest relatives but are assigned to the E. devillei species group. At moderate and intermediate elevations on the western flanks of the Cordillera Occidental of Colombia and Ecuador, one finds a series of long-legged species (£. crenunguis Lynch. E. ocellatus Lynch and Burrowes, E. labiosus sp. nov., and E. orpacobates sp. nov.) allied to E. rubicundus (Jimenez de la Espada). a species found on the cis-Andean slopes of Ecuador. The Central American representative of this group is E. cerasinus (Cope). This series of six species is termed the E. cerasinus species group. Key words: Andes; Eleutherodactylus cerasinus group; E. cruentus group; E. devillei group; Eleutherodactylus latidiscus; Taxonomy. © Natural Histor>' Museum, The University of Kansas, Lawrence. ISSN:009 1-7958

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