Pristimantis colomai (Lynch and Duellman, 1997)

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

Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) colomai Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 81. Holotype: QCAZ 1289, by original designation. Type locality: "Alto Tambo, 830 m (00° 51′ 42″ N, 78° 30′ 54″ W), Provincia Esmeraldas, Ecuador".

Pristimantis colomaiHeinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 104: 10094; Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.

Pristimantis (Hypodictyon) colomaiHedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 114.

Common Names

None noted.

Distribution

Elevations of 28–1200 m in humid subtropics of foothills of the Andes in northwestern Ecuador (Esmeraldas and Valle del Cauca Provinces) and southwestern Colombia (Nariño and Valle del Cauca Departments).

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Colombia, Ecuador

Comment

Subgenus Eleutherodactylus, Eleutherodactylus unistrigatus group, most readily confused with Eleutherodactylus rosadoi, according to the original publication. In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) martinicensis series, Eleutherodactylus unistrigatus group of Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 222. In the Pristimantis (Hypodictyon) ridens species series of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 114, and in the Pristimantis ridens species group of Padial, Grant, and Frost, 2014, Zootaxa, 3825: 126. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Eleutherodactylus chlorophenax) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 327. Valencia-Zuleta, Jaramillo-Martinez, and Yánez-Muñoz, 2016, Zootaxa, 4193: 590–594, rediagnosed the species, discussed the range, and reported on the mating call. 

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