Pristimantis lynchi (Duellman and Simmons, 1977)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Superfamily: Brachycephaloidea > Family: Strabomantidae > Subfamily: Pristimantinae > Genus: Pristimantis > Species: Pristimantis lynchi

Eleutherodactylus lynchi Duellman and Simmons, 1977, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 90: 60. Holotype: KU 168139, by original designation. Type locality: "Vado Hondo (05° 26′ N, 72° 44′ W), 2660 m, Departmento Boyacá, Colombia".

Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) lynchiLynch, 1996, in Powell and Henderson (eds.), Contr. W. Indian Herpetol.: 154; Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 227.

Pristimantis lynchiHeinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.

Pristimantis (Pristimantis) lynchiHedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128.

English Names

Lynch's Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 76).

Distribution

Páramo de Vigajual in the Cordillera Oriental, Departamento Boyacá, Colombia, 2460–3150 m elev.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Colombia

Endemic: Colombia

Comment

In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) martinicensis series, Eleutherodactylus unistrigatus group of Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 227. In the Pristimantis (Pristimantis) unistrigatus species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128. Not assignable to a species group according to Padial, Grant, and Frost, 2014, Zootaxa, 3825: 127.

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