Lynchius oblitus Motta, Chaparro, Pombal, Guayasamin, De la Riva, and Padial, 2016

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Superfamily: Brachycephaloidea > Family: Strabomantidae > Subfamily: Pristimantinae > Genus: Lynchius > Species: Lynchius oblitus

Lynchius oblitus Motta, Chaparro, Pombal, Guayasamin, De la Riva, and Padial, 2016, Herpetol. Monogr., 30: 127. Holotype: MHNC 8674, by original designation. Type locality: "Quebrada del Vino, 22 km West from San Ignacio, inside of National Sanctuary of Tabaconas-Namballe (NSTN), District Namballe, Province San Ignacio, Department of Cajamarca, Peru, 3270 m (5°14′15.10″S, 79°16′48.65″W; . . .)". 

Common Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known only from cloud forest at the vicinity of the type locality (Sector Namballe, Tabaconas-Namballe National Sanctuary) and an area between 2800 m to 3297 m in sector Tabaconas, within the ecotone of páramo (above 3100 m) and dwarf forest or montane evergreen forest (below 3100 m) in the northern Andes, Provincia San Ignacio, Department of Cajamarca, Peru. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Peru

Endemic: Peru

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