Pristimantis pulchridormientes Chávez and Catenazzi, 2016

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

Pristimantis pulchridormientes Chávez and Catenazzi, 2016, ZooKeys, 610: 116. Holotype: CORBIDI 15578, by original designation. Type locality: "Campamento La Garganta de la Bella, Tingo María National Park, (9°20'18.3"W, 76°0'7.4"S; 1095 m above sea level (asl), Provincia Leoncio Prado, Departamento Huánuco, Peru". http://zoobank.org/4DCDA666-2217-48A0-9E6D-C1681544BDD5 

English Names

Sleeping beauty rain frog (original publication). 

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Tingo Maria National Park) at 1095 m elevation and ca. 27 km to the south at Sharco, 1700 m elevation, both within the Departamento Huánuco, Peru. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Peru

Endemic: Peru

Comment

Most closely related to an unnamed species and Pristimantis pluvialis according to the original publication. 

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