A NEW SPECIES OF ELEUTHERODACTYLUS FROM HONDURAS RELATED TO ELEUTHERODACTYLUS-BRANSFORDII (ANURA, LEPTODACTYLIDAE)

Authors
SAVAGE JM MCCRANIE JR ESPINAL M
Citation
Jm. Savage et al., A NEW SPECIES OF ELEUTHERODACTYLUS FROM HONDURAS RELATED TO ELEUTHERODACTYLUS-BRANSFORDII (ANURA, LEPTODACTYLIDAE), Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 109(2), 1996, pp. 366-372
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
0006324X
Volume
109
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
366 - 372
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-324X(1996)109:2<366:ANSOEF>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
A new species of Eleutherodactylus is described from northeastern Hond uras. It is a member of the E. rhodopis group, differing fi om its clo sest congeners E. stejnegerianus of Pacific slope of Costa Rica and we stern Panama, by having definite toe webbing and a larger thenar tuber cle, and E. bransfordii of Nicaragua to Panama, in lacking nuptial thu mb pads in males and having a smaller thenar tubercle.