Pristimantis miltongallardoi Bejarano-Muñoz, Ron, Navarrete, and Yánez-Muñoz, 2022

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

Pristimantis miltongallardoi Bejarano-Muñoz, Ron, Navarrete, and Yánez-Muñoz, 2022, Cuad. Herpetol., 36: 136. Holotype: QCAZ 65980, by original designation. Type locality: "Reserva Ecológica Antisana, Cordillera de los Guacamayos, Sector la Virgen (sendero Jumandi); (0.64119 S; 77.8375 W, 1927 msnm), cantón Quijos, parroquia Cosanga, provincia de Napo, República del Ecuador". Zoobank publication registration: 77892FE8-7DA8-400C-9D29-6DF1BA7C1063

English Names

Milton's Rain Frog (original publication). 

Distribution

Known only from three localities (Baeza, Guacamayos, and Cosanga) in Napo Province, Ecuador, in the foothills of the eastern Andes in the drainages of the sub-basin of the Cosanga River, 1800–2137 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Ecuador

Endemic: Ecuador

Comment

In the Pristimantis boulengeri group, the sister taxon of Pristimantis omarrhynchus, according to the original publication, where comparative morphology, advertisement call, and molecular markers were detailed. 

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