A survey of the frogs of the augusti group, genus Eleutherodactylus

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Series: American Museum novitates, no. 1813

By

Zweifel, Richard George, 1926-2019

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y American Museum of Natural History [1956]

Notes

Title from caption.

"December 23, 1956."

"As presently understood, the augusti group ... is comprised of five species with an aggregate range including part of the Central Plateau region of Mexico and adjacent mountain ranges, from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec on the south to southern Arizona, southeastern New Mexico, and the edge of the Edwards Plateau of Texas."

"The augusti species group of the genus Eleutherodactylus is composed of two species, E. tarahumaraensis and E. augusti. Eleutherodactylus tarahumaraensis inhabits high regions of the Sierra Madre Occidental in Chihuahua and Durango, Mexico. Eleutherodactylus augusti is a polytypic species ranging from Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Four races of augusti are recognized: augusti, latrans, cactorum, and fuscofemora, the last-named described as new in this paper. The races differ from one another in maximum size attained, color and pattern, tympanum size, and leg length. Eleutherodactylus augusti, latrans, and cactorum were formerly considered to be distinct species, along with E. bolivari Taylor which is treated as a synonym of E. a. cactorum"--P. 33.

Subjects

59.78E , Amphibians , Classification , Eleutherodactylus , Eleutherodactylus augusti , Frogs , Mexico , Southwest, New , Texas

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.1813, 1956

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 31834553