Pristimantis loujosti Yánez-Muñoz, Cisneros-Heredia, and Reyes-Puig, 2011

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

Pristimantis loujosti Yánez-Muñoz, Cisneros-Heredia, and Reyes-Puig, 2011 "2010", Avanc. Cienc. Ingen., Quito, Secc. B,, 2 (3): 29. Holotype: DHMECN 04843, by original designation. Type locality: "la Reserva Biológica La Candelaria (01° 27′ 5.9″ S, 78° 18′ 29.6″ W elevación 2800 m), parroquia Río Verde, Cantón Baños, Provincia de Tungurahua,República de Ecuador".

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Reserva Biológica La Candelaria, in the south-south-eastern part of the Provincia de Tungurahua, Ecuador, ca. 2800 m elevation).

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Ecuador

Endemic: Ecuador

Comment

Similar to Pristimantis pycnodermis according to the original publication. Not assignable to a species group according to Padial, Grant, and Frost, 2014, Zootaxa, 3825: 127.

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