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Amphibia    Anura    Craugastoridae  
Barking Frog
Craugastor augusti (Dugès, in Brocchi, 1879)
KRAH-gas-tor — aw-GOOS-tee
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SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
 Goldberg et al. (2004, Herpetologica 60: 312–320) suggested that C. a. cactorum and C. a. latrans are different species but did not make the taxonomic change. Fouquette and Dubois (2014, Checklist of North American Amphibians and Reptiles, Xlibris 7(1)), referring to the work by Goldberg et al. (op. cit.) proposed recognition of the two subspecies. We do not recognize any subspecies pending additional data, preferably including nuclear DNA, and more substantial sampling in Mexico. (Mendelson, Joseph R., III, Darrel R. Frost, Emily Moriarty Lemmon, and Maureen A. Donnelly. 2025. Anura – Frogs. Pages 1-9 in Kirsten E. Nicholson (Editor), Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, 9th Edition. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Lawrence, Kansas. 87 pp.)

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Province/State Distribution:
United States: Arizona New Mexico Texas

Taxonomic Etymology:
The scientific name combines a genus name derived from Greek roots with a Latinized species epithet honoring a person:
Craugastor — From Greek roots: κραυγή (kraugē) = “a shout” or “loud cry”; ἀστήρ (astēr) or possibly γαστήρ (gastēr) = “belly” (if interpreted as gastor). The name has been variously interpreted, but most likely means: “Shouting belly” or “loud-bellied,” a reference to the loud calls of species in this genus.
augusti — A patronym, honoring Auguste Henri André Duméril (1812–1870), French zoologist and herpetologist for his contributions to herpetology. The Latin suffix -i indicates “of August” or “belonging to August(e).”

First instance(s) of published English names:
Robber Frog (Lithodytes latrans: Yarrow, Henry C. 1882. Check list of North American Reptilia and Batrachia with catalogue of specimens in U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (24):1-249); Robber Frog (Eleutherodactylus latrans: Strecker, John K., Jr. 1922. An annotated catalogue of the amphibians and reptiles of Bexar County, Texas. Bulletin Scientific Society of San Antonio 4(4):1-31); Barking Frog (Eleutherodactylus latrans: Strecker, John K., Jr. 1922. An annotated catalogue of the amphibians and reptiles of Bexar County, Texas. Bulletin Scientific Society of San Antonio 4(4):1-31); Barking Frog (Eleutherodactylus augusti: Wright, Anna Allen, and Alex Hazen Wright. 1933. Handbook of frogs and toads. The frogs and toads of the United States and Canada. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca, NY. xi+231pp.); Mexican Cliff Frog (Eleutherodactylus augusti: Wright, Anna Allen, and Alex Hazen Wright. 1933. Handbook of frogs and toads. The frogs and toads of the United States and Canada. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca, NY. xi+231pp.); Robber Frog (Eleutherodactylus augusti: Wright, Anna Allen, and Alex Hazen Wright. 1933. Handbook of frogs and toads. The frogs and toads of the United States and Canada. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca, NY. xi+231pp.); Texan Cliff Frog (Eleutherodactylus latrans: Wright, Anna Allen, and Alex Hazen Wright. 1933. Handbook of frogs and toads. The frogs and toads of the United States and Canada. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca, NY. xi+231pp.); Western Barking Frog (Eleutherodactylus augusti: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);


Selected References:
1879 Brocchi, P. Sur divers batraciens anoures de l’Amérique Centrale. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris. [On various anuran amphibians from Central America. ]. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris. Series 7. [Bulletin of the Philomathic Society of Paris. Series 7.] 3:19–24
1966 Bezy, Robert L., Wade C. Sherbrooke, and Charles H. Lowe, Jr. The rediscovery of Eleutherodactylus augusti in Arizona. Herpetologica 22(3):221-225
1967 Zweifel, Richard G. Eleutherodactylus augusti.. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (41):1–4
2004 Goldberg, Caren S., Brian K. Sullivan, John H. Malone, and Cecil R. Schwalbe. Divergence among barking frogs (Eleutherodactylus augusti) in the Southwestern United States. Herpetologica 60(3):312–320
2005 Lannoo, Michael (Editor) Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States Species. University fo California Press, Berkeley. 1115pp.
2014 Fouquette, Martin J., Jr., and Alain DuBois. A Checklist of North American Amphibians and Reptiles: The United States and Canada. Xlibris, Bloomington, Indiana. 614pp.

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