Pristimantis pluvialis Shepack, von May, Ttito, and Catenazzi, 2016

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

Pristimantis pluvialis Shepack, von May, Ttito, and Catenazzi, 2016, ZooKeys, 594: 147. Holotype:CORBIDI 16510, by original designation. Type locality: "Quitacalzón, 13°01′ 31.80″ S, 71°30′ 00.72″ W (WGS84), 1050 m a.s.l., Distrito Kosñipata, Provincia Paucartambo, Región Cusco, Peru". http://zoobank.org/2C675BB5-46BD-4481-BBBF-8D332BD0F562 

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Humid sub-montane forests of the Kosñipata and Entoro valleys, 740 to 1110 m elevation, near Manu National Park and within the Huachiperi Haramba Queros Conservation Concession, Provincia Paucartambo, Región Cusco, Peru; possibly Mitaraka Massi region, southwestern French Guiana (see comment). 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Peru

Likely/Controversially Present: French Guiana

Comment

In the Pristimantis lacrimosus group according to the original publication. Fouquet, Vidal, and Dewynter, 2019, Zoosystema, 41: 367, noted Pristimantis aff. pluvialis from the Mitaraka Massif region of southwestern French Guinea on the Amapá, Brazil and noted that this likely represents an unnamed species. 

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