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Phrynopus montium (Shreve, 1938)
Syrrhopus montium Shreve, 1938, J. Washington Acad. Sci., 28: 406. Holotype: MCZ 22858, by original designation. Type locality: "Cascas, near Huasahuasi, Department of Junin, Peru".
Syrrhophus montium — Gorham, 1966, Das Tierreich, 85: 166. Correction of generic spelling.
Niceforonia montia — Lynch, 1968, Herpetologica, 24: 291.
Phrynopus montium — Lynch, 1975, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 35: 19.
English Names
Cascas Andes Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 83).
Distribution
Known from the type locality (Cascas), and 8.7 km south from Hacienda Cascas, Department of Junín, Peru, ca. 2600 to 4000 m elevation.
Comment
In the Phrynopus peruanus group. Lehr, 2006, Herpetologica, 62: 339-340, noted that specimens reproted from the Departamento Huánuco represents and unnamed species. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 406. See Duellman and Lehr, 2009, Terrest.-breeding Frogs in Peru: 117-118, for brief account. Previous records from Pasco and Huánuco, Peru, refer, respectively to Phrynopus kotosh and Phrynopus olivius according to von May, 2017, Zootaxa, 4338: 195–200, who reported the second collection of this species in 76 years. 8
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