Pristimantis buenaventura Arteaga-Navarro, Pyron, Peñafiel, Romero-Barreto, Culebras, Bustamante, Yánez-Muñoz, and Guayasamin, 2016

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

Pristimantis buenaventura Arteaga-Navarro, Pyron, Peñafiel, Romero-Barreto, Culebras, Bustamante, Yánez-Muñoz, and Guayasamin, 2016, PLoS One, 11(4: e0151746): 28. Holotype: MZUTI 3480, by original designation. Type locality: "California (03.36799 S 79.73551W; 225 m), El Oro province, Ecuador." Zoobank publication registration: 1192CFA6-7964-441E-BE22-6DC932A748E0

English Names

Buenaventura Rainfrog (original publication). 

Distribution

Endemic to the foothill forests of southwestern Ecuador. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Ecuador

Endemic: Ecuador

Comment

In the Pristimantis unistrigatus group and most closely related to Pristimantis walkeri according to the original publication. 

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