Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Craugastoridae > Pristimantis > Pristimantis gaigeiPristimantis gaigei (Fort Randolph Robber Frog)Synonyms: Eleutherodactylus gaigeae; Eleutherodactylus gaigei; Lithodytes gaigei; Pristimantis gaigeae Pristimantis gaigei (common name: Fort Randolph robber frog or Gaige’s rain frog) is a species of frog in the Craugastoridae family. It is found in the Atlantic drainage lowlands from extreme southeastern Costa Rica to eastern Panama and to central Colombia; it is widely distributed in Colombia west of the Cordillera Oriental. Its natural habitat is primary humid lowland forest, but it also occurs in secondary forest. It is a nocturnal species found under surface debris and in leaf-litter. Pristimantis gaigei is named after Helen Beulah Thompson Gaige, an American herpetologist. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 9.29 EDGE Score: 2.33 |
Litters / Year [1] | 1 | Nocturnal [1] | Yes | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 1.732 inches (4.4 cm) |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
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Climate |
Land Use |
Barro Colorado Island Natural Monument |
III |
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Panama |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Mesoamerica |
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama |
No |
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Tropical Andes |
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela |
No |
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Tumbes-Choco-Magdalena |
Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru |
No |
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Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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