Pristimantis ujucami Zumel, Buckley, and Ron, 2021

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

Pristimantis ujucami Zumel, Buckley, and Ron, 2021, Zool. J. Linn. Soc.: 1–40. Holotype: QCAZ 49030, by original designation. Type locality: "Ecuador, Provincia Morona Santiago, Cantón Morona, Parroquia Proaño, on the eastern border of Abanico Protected Forest, near the Hidroabanico Hydroelectric Power Plant (2.2590º S, 78.1950º W), 1720 m a.s.l." Zoobank publication registration: 406C32C5-FD24-4871-A976-50E10CC429C2

English Names

Ujukam Rain Frog (original publication). 

Distribution

Known from four localities in Morona Santiago (Abanico Protected Forest near the Hidroabanico Hydroelectric Power Plant, and near the Volcano River in Sangay National Park) and Zamora Chinchipe (near the Bombuscaro River, in Podocarpus National Park, and at the Numbami Reserve) Provinces, in Ecuador, 981 to 1720 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Ecuador

Endemic: Ecuador

Comment

In the Pristimantis trachyblepharis group of Zumel, Buckley, and Ron, 2021, Zool. J. Linn. Soc.: 1–40, who addressed comparative morphology and molecular systematics. 

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