Urkuphryne merinoi Ortega, Cisneros-Heredia, Camper, Romero-Carvajal, Negrete, and Ron, 2025

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Superfamily: Brachycephaloidea > Family: Strabomantidae > Subfamily: Holoadeninae > Genus: Urkuphryne > Species: Urkuphryne merinoi

Urkuphryne merinoi Ortega, Cisneros-Heredia, Camper, Romero-Carvajal, Negrete, and Ron, 2025, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 203: 44. Holotype: QCAZ 66078, by original designation. Type locality: "Ecuador, Carchi Province, Canton Espejo, El Goaltal Parish, protective forest Cerro Golondrinas, trail from the Heliconia Cabin to the Cortadera (0.8204°N, 78.0944°W), 2600 m a.s.l." Zoobank Publication registration: 10ED7D3B-C7E9-4FA5-BD47-45D87308D3AA

Common Names

Merino Leaflitter Frog (original publication). 

Cutín de Hojarasca de Merino (original publication). 

Distribution

Pacific Basin of northern Ecuador, western Andean slopes at elevations 2500–2800 m. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Ecuador

Endemic: Ecuador

Comment

Diagnosed by osteological, morphological, and molecular markers.

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