Eleutherodactylus guttilatus

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

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| image = Eleutherodactylus guttilatus.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2020 |title=Eleutherodactylus guttilatus |volume=2020 |page=e.T56643A53964490 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T56643A53964490.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| parent = Eleutherodactylus (Syrrhophus)

| taxon = Eleutherodactylus guttilatus

| authority = (Cope, 1879)

| synonyms =

Malachylodes guttilatus Cope, 1879

Syrrhopus guttulatus (Cope, 1879)

Eleutherodactylus smithi (Taylor, 1940)

Eleutherodactylus petrophilus (Firschein, 1954)

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The spotted chirping frog or Mexican cliff frog (Eleutherodactylus guttilatus) is a species of small Eleutherodactylid frog native to the southern United States and Mexico.{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Eleutherodactylidae/Eleutherodactylinae/Eleutherodactylus/Eleutherodactylus-guttilatus |title=Eleutherodactylus guttilatus (Cope, 1879) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2015 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=22 July 2015}} They are found in moderate elevation ranges of the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range, from the Davis Mountains in west Texas south to the Mexican states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Durango and Guanajuato. They grow from 0.75 to 1.25 inches in length, and are easily mistaken for other Eleutherodactylus species, with which they share range. This has led to some confusion in its taxonomic classification.