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Pristimantis ardyae Reyes-Puig, Reyes-Puig, and Yánez-Muñoz, 2013
Pristimantis ardyae Reyes-Puig, Reyes-Puig, and Yánez-Muñoz, 2013, Avanc. Cienc. Ingen., Quito, Secc. B,, 5(2): B7. Holotype: QCAZ 52498, by original designation. Type locality: "en la Reserva Ecológica Río Zúñag, Fundación Ecominga (01° 22’ 31.3” S, 78° 09’ 43.5” O, 2200 m), parroquia Río Negro, cantón Baños, provincia de Tungurahua, República del Ecuador".
Common Names
Ardy's Rainfrog (Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 3: xxxiii).
Cutín de Ardy (Spanish: Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 3: xxxiii).
Distribution
Known only from the type locality (Reserva Ecológica Río Zúñag, Fundación Ecominga, Cantón Baños, Provincia de Tungurahua, Ecuador; likely to extend in cloud forests in the northern Cordillera Oriental into Napo and Pastaza provinces.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Ecuador
Endemic: Ecuador
Comment
Similar to species in the Pristimantis lacrimosus group according to the original publication. Not assignable to species group according to Padial, Grant, and Frost, 2014, Zootaxa, 3825: 127. Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 3: 71–73, provided an account with photographs which summarized morphological identification, systematics, natural history, distribution (ambiguous statement), and conservation.
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