Lithobates vibicarius Cope, 1894
Rancho Redondo frog, Green-eyed frog
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Levirana vibicaria Cope, 1894; Lithobates vibicaria (Cope, 1894) [orth. error]; Rana godmani Günther, 1900; Rana vibicaria (Cope, 1894)
Conservation Status
Last record: 1990
Rediscovered in 2002
IUCN RedList status: Vulnerable
Distribution
Costa Rica & Panama
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
A photo of this species can be seen here: http://www.ticotimes.net/More-news/News-Briefs/5-Costa-Rican-frogs-that-came-back-from-suspected-extinction-and-1-that-didn-t_Wednesday-November-06-2013
References
Original scientific description:
Cope, Edward Drinker. (1894). Third addition to a knowledge of the Batrachia and Reptilia of Costa Rica. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 46: 194-206.
Other references:
Castro-Cruz, A. and García-Fernández, F. (2012). Report on Lithobates vibicarius (Cope 1894) (Anura: Ranidae) in Parque NAcional de Agua Juan Castro Blanco, Alajuela, Costa Rica. Froglog 100: 69-70.
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group & NatureServe. (2013). Lithobates vibicarius. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 21 July 2013.
Jiménez, Randall R. et al. (2020). Habitat disturbance influences the skin microbiome of a rediscovered neotropical-montane frog. BMC Microbiology 20: 292.
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)]
Zweifel, R. G. (1964). Distribution and life history of the Central American frog Rana vibicaria. Copeia 1964(2): 300-308.