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
Hypodigm
Media
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