Pristimantis labiosus (Lynch, Ruiz-Carranza, and Ardila-Robayo, 1994)

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

Eleutherodactylus labiosus Lynch, Ruiz-Carranza, and Ardila-Robayo, 1994, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 170: 29. Holotype: KU 131612, by original designation. Type locality: "La Palma (junction of Highways 28 and 30), Provincia Pichincha, Ecuador, 920 m".

Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) labiosusLynch, 1996, in Powell and Henderson (eds.), Contr. W. Indian Herpetol.: 154; Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 226.

Eleutherodactylus labriosusSavage, 2002, Amph. Rept. Costa Rica: 227. Incorrect subsequent spelling.

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

Pristimantis (Hypodictyon) labriosusHedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 116.

English Names

Labiated Rainfrog (Arteaga-Navarro, Bustamante, and Guayasamin, 2013, Amph. Rept. Mindo: 73). 

Distribution

Low and moderate elevations (generally below 1000 m) from the Río San Juan, Colombia (Valle del Cauca), south to west-central Ecuador (Carchi, Cotopaxi, Esmeraldas, Imbabura, Los Rios,  Pichincha, and Santo Domingo provinces).

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Colombia, Ecuador

Comment

In the Eleutherodactylus cerasinus group, previously confused with Eleutherodactylus latidiscus, according to the original publication. In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) conspicillatus series, Eleutherodactylus cerasinus group of Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 226, who provided an account on page 106-107. Savage, 2002, Amph. Rept. Costa Rica: 227, included this species in his Eleutherodactylus cerasinus series, Eleutherodactylus cerasinus group. In the Pristimantis (Hypodictyon) rubicundus group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 116. Arteaga-Navarro, Bustamante, and Guayasamin, 2013, Amph. Rept. Mindo: 73–74, provided an account and dot map for Ecuador. 

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