Western Barking Frog
Craugastor augusti cactorum
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- C. a. cactorum – Pima Co, AZ – photo from iNaturalist, Alice Abela
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Craugastor a. cactorum occurs in extreme southern Arizona.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Craugastor augusti cactorum (Duges – 1879)
Genus: Craugastor, Greek – krauros = hard, brittle + gaster = belly or stomach
Species: augusti, honors Auguste Dumeril
Subspecies: cactorum: Latin – kaktos = prickly plant + –orum of the — ref. type specimen collected in a cactus patch
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962