Pristimantis lividus (Lynch and Duellman, 1980)

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

Eleutherodactylus lividus Lynch and Duellman, 1980, Misc. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 69: 41. Holotype: KU 166005, by original designation. Type locality: "11 km ESE Papallacta, Provincia Napo, Ecuador, 2660 m."

Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) lividusLynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 227.

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

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

English Names

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

Distribution

Papallacta Valley on the eastern face of the Andes in Napo Province, Ecuador, 2135-2750 m.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Ecuador

Endemic: Ecuador

Comment

In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) martinicensis series, Eleutherodactylus unistrigatus group of Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 227. Almendáriz C. and Orcés, 2004, Rev. Politécnica, Quito, 25: 124-125, provided distributional data for Ecuador. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Eleutherodactylus lividus) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 355.

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