Agalychnis merge

[butcher]

I have read in previous posts from John that the experts in the field continue to change names of species. I don't know for what reason but they do. Is something worth intrest of looking into though.

[flybyferns]

Good Morning Martin,

Sorry I could not do this last night as I was just too tired.
Unfortunately, my job is a bit stressful to say the least!

My first thought is to check to see if there have been any changes on Amphibian Web:
AmphibiaWeb - Agalychnis callidryas
The best way to tackle this is to look-up each--- all 14 separately. I’m sure you know it will have ,what might be, the latest taxonomy information and much more. This project in-itself will take you in a billion different directions.

Secondly, I would seriously consider emailing Karen Warkentin who is the Principal Investigator- here:
Warkentin Lab Home

I have personally emailed researchers (actually, one at Yale University about my little predicament). These people are very busy but generally quite passionate about a “lay” person asking for information about a species they have dedicated their lives to researching. And YES, I did get an answer.

Thirdly, the Costa Rican Amphibian Research Center website may lead you to either individual or additional information:

Costa Rican Amphibians

And lastly, I thought I would throw this into the Agalychnis ‘stew’ . I had set this aside a few weeks ago but have not had the time to really sift through it in detail. I don't think you saw this. A bit dated (2003), but excellent.

http://www.biolog-e.leeds.ac.uk/Biol...riskerfoot.pdf

Lynn

[ViperJr]

I checked Amphibiaweb, and it too seems to be not thoroughly updated and does not add any more information, I'm afraid. According to Amphibiaweb, Hylomantis lemur is now Agalychnis lemur. When looking at the Agalychnis article, it only contains 6 species including Agalychnis lemur, but not the other Pachymedusa or Hylomantis species. The Agalychnis litodryas is however removed.
When looking at Hylomantis article, it lists all the species that is/was in the genus, and I can't find anything about it being merged with Agalychnis.

I might email the people suggested, if no-one can explain how it really is.