Nymphargus manduriacu Guayasamin, Cisneros-Heredia, Vieira, Kohn, Gavilanes, Lynch, Hamilton, and Maynard, 2019

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Centrolenidae > Subfamily: Centroleninae > Genus: Nymphargus > Species: Nymphargus manduriacu

Nymphargus manduriacu Guayasamin, Cisneros-Heredia, Vieira, Kohn, Gavilanes, Lynch, Hamilton, and Maynard, 2019, PeerJ, 7(e6400): 7. Holotype: ZSFQ 0466, by original designation. Type locality: "Reserva Río Manduriacu (0.310755°N, 78.8569°W; 1,215 m), Provincia de Imbabura, República del Ecuador". Zoobank publication registration: E5C0E7E4-9C69-4830-A514-AD1F4B80311C.

English Names

Manduriacu Glassfrog (original publication). 

Distribution

Known from a few streams within the Río Manduriacu Reserve (0.31°N, 78.85°W), Imbabura province, on the Pacific slopes of the Andes of Ecuador, 1215 to 1242 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Ecuador

Endemic: Ecuador

Comment

 Guayasamin, Cisneros-Heredia, McDiarmid, Peña, and Hutter, 2020, Diversity, 12 (222): 190–192, provided a detailed account, including adult morphology, advertisement call, relationships, natural history, and conservation status.

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