Pristimantis afrox Reyes-Puig, Yánez-Muñoz, Ortega, and Ron, 2020

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

Pristimantis (Hypodictyon) afrox Reyes-Puig, Yánez-Muñoz, Ortega, and Ron, 2020, Rev. Mexicana Biodiversidad, 91 (e913013): 9. Holotype: DHMECN 6578, by original designation. Type locality: "Tobar Donoso (1°10’59.76” N, 78°29’32.18” O, 243 m snm, . . .), parroquia Mira, Cantón Tulcán, provincia de Carchi, República del Ecuador". Zoobank publication registration: D24A8A3F-D8B2-4B0F-800A-47DF8B6E605D

Common Names

Afrox’s Robber Frog (original publication). 

Distribution

Known on the Pacific slope of Colombia in the departments of Valle del Cauca and Narino  and in the extreme north of Ecuador in the province of Esmeraldas, 40 to 600 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Colombia, Ecuador

Comment

In the Pristimantis (Hypodictyon) rubicundus group according to the original publication. 

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