The Herpetological Bulletin 155, 2021: 18-20 SHORT NOTE - First records of Johnstone’s whistling frog Eleutherodactylus

The first occurrence of this species in Colombia was in 1992, based on a single specimen collected in Barranquilla, department of Atlántico (Ruiz-Carranza et al., 1996). [...] johnstonei in the department of Cauca of Popayán; a single individual was heard and photographed In the peri-urban area of Santander de Quilichao on 18th on 14th December 2019, in a street garden in the Las 18 Herpetological Bulletin 155 (2021) First records of Johnstone’s whistling frog from two departments in Colombia Américas neighbourhood (2° 26’19” N, 76° 36’41” W. [...] johnstonei in the department of Huila In late March 2020, the species was initially heard at night in the Las Quintas neighbourhood, municipality of La Plata. [...] johnstonei presented here are the According to the testimony of a person from Popayán, first from the departments of Cauca and Huila, extending who has the species in his garden, these frogs are offered its distribution more than 100 km (in a straight line) from along with the sale of ornamental plants in at least one Cali, making them the southernmost locality records in nursery in Cali. [...] Origins and introductions of the Caribbean proposals of the aforementioned authors for the need to have frog, Eleutherodactylus johnstonei (Leptodactylidae): intensive systematic monitoring of this species in Colombia management and conservation concerns.