Pristimantis boucephalus Lehr, Moravec, Cusi, and Gvoždík, 2017

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

Pristimantis boucephalus Lehr, Moravec, Cusi Martínez, and Gvoždík, 2017, Eur. J. Taxon., 325: 7. Holotype: MUSM 31102, by original designation. Type locality: "PERU: . . . Yanachaga-Chemillén National Park (Sector San Daniel), Distrito de Huancabamba, Provincia de Oxapampa, Región Pasco, Quebrada Yanachaga, 10°22′46.3 S, 75°27′43.0 W, 2950 m a.s.l.". Zoobank publication registration: 4292B4FD-C5AE-4D39-B817-E93E8C4D3FEB

Common Names

Bigheaded Rubber Frog (original publication). 

Distribution

Known only from the type locality in Yanachaga-Chemillén National Park, Distrito de Huancabamba, Provincia de Oxapampa, Región Pasco, Peru, at 2950 m elevation in cloud forest.  

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Peru

Endemic: Peru

Comment

Unassigned to species group in the original paper, but considered to be most closely related to Pristimantis cruciocularis, a member of the ill-delimited Pristimantis unistrigatus group. Included in the Pristimantis marmoratus clade of the Pristimantis unistrigatus group as delimited by Mônico, Koch, Ferrão, Fernandes, Marques, Chaparro, Rodrigues, Lima, and Fouquet, 2024, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 108203: 1–19, on molecular grounds (2 mtDNA genes and 2 nuDNA genes).

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