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Craugastor gulosus (Cope, 1875)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Eleutherodactylus gulosus (Cope, 1875); Hylodes gulosus (Cope, 1875); Lithodytes gulosus Cope, 1875

 

Conservation Status

Missing

Last record: 1976 (1980's?)

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)

 

One of numerous species thought extinct for a second time after having been first recorded in 1875 and then rediscovered in 1976 (Scheffers et al., 2011).

 

Distribution

Costa Rica and Panama

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

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References

Original scientific description:

Cope, E. D. (1875 "1876"). On the Batrachia and Reptilia of Costa Rica. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Series 2, 8: 93-154.


Other references:

IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group & NatureServe. (2014). Craugastor gulosus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 09 July 2014.

Leenders, T. (2016). Amphibians of Costa Rica. A Field Guide. A Zona Tropical Publication.

Scheffers, Brett R., Yong, Ding Li, Harris, J. Berton C., Giam, Xingli and Sodhi, Navjot S. (2011). The world’s rediscovered species: back from the brink? PLoS ONE 6(7): e22531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022531 [Supporting Information (Table S1)]

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/18333/craugastor-gulosus

 

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