Pristimantis rupicola Taucce, Nascimento, Trevisan, Leite, Santana, Haddad, and Napoli, 2020

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Superfamily: Brachycephaloidea > Family: Craugastoridae > Subfamily: Pristimantinae > Genus: Pristimantis > Species: Pristimantis rupicola

Pristimantis rupicola Taucce, Nascimento, Trevisan, Leite, Santana, Haddad, and Napoli, 2020, J. Herpetol., 54: 249. Holotype: UFMG 20558, by original designation. Type locality: "Vale do Queiroz, Serra das Almas, municipality of Rio de Contas, state of Bahia, Brazil (-13.520169, -41.950404; 1,554 m a.s.l.; datum WGS-84)". lsid:zoobank.org:act:ADD691C4-A31944BF-8852-3D112757E4D3

Common Names

Rock-dwelling Robber Frog (original publication). 

Distribution

Highlands of the Chapada Diamantina, state of Bahia, Brazil, from ca. 870 to almost 1800 m elevation, in the municipalities of Ipupiara, Piatã , and Rio de Contas. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Brazil

Endemic: Brazil

Comment

In the Pristimantis conspicillatus group according to the original publication, where comparative morphology, cranial anatomy, and advertisement call were detailed. In the Pristimantis conspicillatus group, Pristimantis ramagii clade of Fouquet, Réjaud, Rodrigues, Ron, Chaparro Auza, Osorno-Muñoz, Werneck, Hrbek, Lima, Camacho-Badani, Jaramillo-Martinez, and Chave, 2022, Syst. Biodiversity, 20(1: 2130464): 1–16, who reported on phylogenetics and biogeography, and who implied that the nominal species is composed of at least two lineage-species.   

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