Pristimantis achupalla Ttito and Catenazzi, 2021

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Superfamily: Brachycephaloidea > Family: Strabomantidae > Subfamily: Pristimantinae > Genus: Pristimantis > Species: Pristimantis achupalla

Pristimantis achupalla Ttito and Catenazzi, 2021, PeerJ, 9 (e11878): 7. Holotype: CORBIDI 18736, by original designation. Type locality: "from near Thiuni, 13.67603 S, 70.46588 W (WGS84), 2,225 m a.s.l., Distrito Ollachea, Provincia Carabaya, Departamento Puno, Peru". Zoobank publication registration: 88FB4422-449E-45BF-B2E3-0A30D00090B8

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Cloud forest along the Macusani–San Gabán road (Ollachea Valley), Distrito Ollachea, Provincia Carabaya, Departamento Puno, Peru, ca. 2225 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Peru

Endemic: Peru

Comment

In the Pristimantis lacrimosus species group, most closely related to Pristimantis amaguanae and Pristimantis moro according to the original publication that addressed morphology, molecular markers, and natural history. 

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