Taxonavigation

Familia: Aromobatidae
Subfamilia: Anomaloglossinae
Genus: Anomaloglossus
Species: Anomaloglossus isthminus

Name

Anomaloglossus isthminus Myers ,Ibáñez ,Grant & Jaramillo, 2012: 4, Figs. 1A–D, 2–8; map 1

Holotype: MVUP 2345 (originally CH 4568), an adult male; collected by César A. Jaramillo, February 24, 1997.

Type locality: Forest stream at headwaters of Río Piedras, Cerro Brewster, 810 m elevation, Provincia de Panamá 9°19′17′′ N, 79°17′10′′ W).

Paratopotypes (3): CH 4566, a juvenile female from forest stream, collected by César A. Jaramillo, February 24, 1997. CH 4552 and 4557 (=AMNH A-187134), adult males from forest stream, collected by César A. Jaramillo, February 25, 1997.

Paratypes (2): CH 4512, an adult female from forest stream at headwaters of Río Piedras, SSW slope of Cerro Bruja, 720 m elevation, Provincia de Colón (9°27′35′′ N, 79°34′29′′ W), collected by Roberto Ibáñez, January 25, 1997. KU 172790, an adult male from forest stream west and down slope (150 m elev.) from km 11.7 (300 m) on road from El Llano to Cartí, Provincia de Panamá (approximately 9°18′ N, 78°59′ W), collected by Catherine A. Toft, July 1974).

Etymology: The specific name is derived from Latin isthmus (< Greek isthmos) + -inus (-a, -um), an adjective-forming suffix meaning “belonging to,” in reference to the Isthmus of Panama.

References

• Charles W. Myers, Roberto Ibáñez D., Taran Grant & César A. Jaramillo 2012:Discovery of the Frog Genus Anomaloglossus in Panama, with Descriptions of Two New Species from the Chagres Highlands (Dendrobatoidea: Aromobatidae). American Museum novitates, 3763 :1-19. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1206/3763.2 . PDF.