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Barycholos pulcher (Boulenger, 1898)
Leptodactylus pulcher Boulenger, 1898, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1898: 122. Syntypes: BMNH (3 specimens, 1947.2.17.36–38 [originally 1898.4.28.112–114] by museum records); BMNH 1947.2.17.38 designated lectotype by Heyer, 1969, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 155: 6. Type locality: "Chimbo", Chimborazo Province, Ecuador; in the same paper as the description Boulenger noted "Chimbo" as "Puente del Chimbo, the railway terminus about 70 miles from Guayaquil, at an elevation of about 1000 ft."
Barycholos pulcher — Heyer, 1969, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 155: 9.
Common Names
Chimbo Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 70).
Distribution
Transition zone (rainforest-dry seasonal forest) of Pacific lowlands of Ecuador, 30–600 m elevation.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Ecuador
Endemic: Ecuador
Comment
Cisneros-Heredia, 2005, Herpetol. Rev., 36: 331, provided a new record for Ecuador and briefly discussed the range. Almendáriz C. and Orcés, 2004, Rev. Politécnica, Quito, 25: 118, provided distributional data for Ecuador. Armijos-Ojeda, Székely, Székely, Cogǎlniceanu, Cisneros-Heredia, Ordóñez-Delgado, Escudero, and Espinosa, 2021, ZooKeys, 1063: 39, provided a dot map.
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