Mexico Herpetology

Adult, 4,800′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Adult, in situ 5′ Above Ground, 4,800′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

PURPLE ADORNED ROBBER FROG
Eleutherodactylus decoratus – Taylor 1943
Eleutherodactylus decoratus purpurus – Lynch 1973

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The purple adorned robber frog is known only from the cloud forest region of the Rancho del Cielo Biosphere Preserve, in the Sierra de Guadalupe of south-central Tamaulipas, Mexico. It may also [...]

Adult, 2,000′, Jalisco, Mexico

TAYLOR’S STREAM FROG
Eleutherodactylus vocalis – Taylor 1940

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In the Eleutherodactylus rugulosus group as defined by Lynch and Duellman (1997).

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MIQUIHUANA ROBBER FROG
Eleutherodactylus batrachylus – Taylor 1940

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PALENQUE STREAM FROG
Eleutherodactylus palenque – Campbell & Savage 2000

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In the Eleutherodactylus rugulosus group as defined by Lynch and Duellman (1997).

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CHIAPAS STREAM FROG
Eleutherodactylus pelorus – Campbell & Savage 2000

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In the Eleutherodactylus rugulosus group as defined by Lynch and Duellman (1997).

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STUART’S ROBBER FROG
Eleutherodactylus stuarti – Lynch 1967

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In the Eleutherodactylus alfredi group as defined by Lynch and Duellman (1997).

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Campbell, J. A., W. W. Lamar, and D. M. Hillis. 1989. A New Species of Diminutive Eleutherodactylus (Leptodactylidae) from Oaxaca, Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 102:491-499.
Canseco-Márquez, L. and E. N. Smith. 2004. [...]

CHIAPAS DWARF ROBBER FROG
Eleutherodactylus sartori – Lynch 1965

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CENTRAL AMERICAN STREAM FROG
Eleutherodactylus rugulosus – Cope 1870

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In the Eleutherodactylus rugulosus group as defined by Lynch and Duellman (1997).

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Adler, K. and D. M. Dennis. 1972. New tree frogs of the Genus Hyla from the cloud forests of western Guerrero, México. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas 7:1-19.
Lips, [...]

GREENHOUSE FROG
Eleutherodactylus planirostris – Cope 1862
Eleutherodactylus planirostris planirostris – Cope 1862

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GUERRERO ROBBER FROG
Eleutherodactylus omiltemanus – Gunther 1901

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SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL ROBBER FROG
Eleutherodactylus occidentalis – Taylor 1941

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MEXICAN ROBBER FROG
Eleutherodactylus mexicanus – Brocchi 1877

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Canseco-Márquez, L. and E. N. Smith. 2004. A Diminutive Species of Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae), of the alfredi Group, from the Sierra Negra of Puebla, Mexico. Herpetologica 60(3):358-363.

MATUDA’S STREAM FROG
Eleutherodactylus matudai – Taylor 1941

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In the Eleutherodactylus milesi group as defined by Lynch and Duellman (1997).

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BROAD-HEADED RAIN FROG
Eleutherodactylus laticeps – Dumeril 1853

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SMITH’S PIGMY ROBBER FROG
Eleutherodactylus hobartsmithi – Taylor 1936

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