Pristimantis kichwarum Elmer and Cannatella, 2008

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

Pristimantis kichwarum Elmer and Cannatella, 2008, Zootaxa, 1784: 18. Holotype: QCAZ18128, by original designation. Type locality: "Jatun Sacha Biological Station, parroquía Ahuano, Napo province, Ecuador (S 01°04.45′, W 77°36.93′, altitude 472 m)".

Common Names

None noted.

Distribution

Throughout the humid tropical forests of eastern lowlands of

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Ecuador

Endemic: Ecuador

Comment

Confused with Pristimantis ockendeni prior to its naming. Not assignable to a species group according to Padial, Grant, and Frost, 2014, Zootaxa, 3825: 127. Included in the Pristimantis luscombei 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 (mtDNA and nuDNA genes).

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