Pristimantis caniari Rámírez-Jaramillo, Reyes-Puig, Batallas-R., and Yánez-Muñoz, 2018

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

Pristimantis caniari Rámírez-Jaramillo, Reyes-Puig, Batallas-Revelo, and Yánez-Muñoz, 2018, Avanc. Cienc. Ingen., Quito, Secc. B,, 10(18): 4. Holotype: DHMECN 10341, by original designation. Type locality: "Chacapata, cerca de la Laguna de Culebrillas, Parque Nacional Sangay, (2.404824°S, 78.833850°W, 3920 m; Datum WGS84;. . . ), parroquia Juncal, cantón Cañar, provincia de Cañar, República del Ecuador". Zoobank publication registration: 91F0C95D-0DB6-4854-98A5-699FD31EE942

English Names

Cañari Robber Frog (by original designation). 

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Chacapata, near Laguna de Culebrillas, Sangay National Park, cantón Cañar, provincia de Cañar, Ecuador, 3920 m elevation). 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Ecuador

Endemic: Ecuador

Comment

In the Pristimantis orcesi group according to the original publication. 

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