Pristimantis chocolatebari Rivera-Correa, González-Durán, Saldarriaga-Gómez, and Duarte-Marín, 2021

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

Pristimantis chocolatebari Rivera-Correa, González-Durán, Saldarriaga-Gómez, and Duarte-Marín, 2021, Zootaxa, 5040: 338. Holotype: MHUA-A 12212, by original designation. Type locality: "Colombia, department of Antioquia, municipality of Valdivia, vereda San Fermín, 'La Selva' Natural Reserve (7.094899, -75.482269; 1850 m a.s.l.)". Zoobank publication registration: 0A744BBD-5A6F-4968-A77E-40B525E9CB9D

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known from “La Selva” Natural Reserve, municipality of Valdivia, department of Antioquia, eastern slope from the northern Cordillera Central in Colombia, between 1700 and 1860 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Colombia

Endemic: Colombia

Comment

Unassigned to species group in the original publication, but on the basis of a tree of 16S mtDNA placed most closely to Pristimantis permixtus and Pristimantis platychilus; external morphology, coloration, and natural history were also covered in the original publication. 

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