Pristimantis dorado Rivera-Correa, Lamadrid-Feris, and Crawford, 2016

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

Pristimantis dorado Rivera-Correa, Lamadrid-Feris, and Crawford, 2016, Amphibia-Reptilia, 37: 155. Holotype: MHUA-A 7313, by original designation. Type locality: "Colombia: Meta: Municipio San Juanito: Vereda San Luis El Plan: Alto Buenavista, km 9 road San Juanito – Chingaza (4.487642, −73.682584; 2650 m)". 

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known only from the type locality, in the the buffer zone of Chingaza National Park and Farallones de Gachalá, Municipio de Medina, Departamento de Cundinamarca, Colombia, 2650 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Colombia

Endemic: Colombia

Comment

Similar to Pristimantis acutirostris, but more closely related to Pristimantis lutitus according to the original publication. 

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