Pristimantis ardilae Acevedo-Rincón, Armesto, and Palma, 2020

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

Pristimantis ardilae Acevedo-Rincón, Armesto, and Palma, 2020, Zootaxa, 4750: 502. Holotype: MCNUP-H 117, by original designation. Type locality: "San Antonio (7.162172–72.25254; 612 m.a.s.l.), municipality ofToledo in the buffer zone of the Tamá National Natural Park (PNNT)", Norte de Santander, Colombia. Zoobank publication registration: 5FE0773B-3C35-4D30-8CE7-F1691ABA5F83

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known from two localities: the settlements of San Antonio and La Vega, 9–11 km from the road Toledo–Saravena, near the Margua river, in tropical humid forest and riparian zones of the lowlands (400 and 700 m elevation) from the western flank of the Eastern Cordillera, in Tamá National Natural Park and its buffer zone, Department Norte de Santander, Colombia. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Colombia

Endemic: Colombia

Comment

In the Pristimantis conspicillatus group and the sister taxon of Pristimantis gutturalis, according to the original publication. In the Pristimantis conspicillatus group, Pristimantis ramagii clade of Fouquet, Réjaud, Rodrigues, Ron, Chaparro, Osorno-Muñoz, Werneck, Hrbek, Lima, Camacho-Badani, Jaramillo-Martinez, and Chave, 2022, Syst. Biodiversity, 20(1: 2130464): 1–16, who reported on phylogenetics and biogeography.   

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