Pristimantis rameshpateli Venegas, García Ayachi, Barboza, and Catenazzi, 2024

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

Pristimantis rameshpateli Venegas, García Ayachi, Barboza, and Catenazzi, 2024, Holotipus, 5: 4. Holotype: CORBIDI 2839, by original designation. Type locality: "Cañaris, Ferreñafe Province, Lambayeque Department, Perú". Zoobank Publication registration: 8E946DC4-2A71-46CE-930C-A7388273E790

Common Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Cañaris, Ferreñafe Province, Lambayeque Department) at an elevation of 3200 m in the northern region of the Cordillera Occidental in northwestern Peru. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Peru

Endemic: Peru

Comment

Unassigned to species group according to the original publication, where comparative morphology was detailed. Previously confused with Pristimantis phoxocephalus (Duellman and Lehr, 2009, Terrest.-breeding Frogs in Peru: 217); molecular data associated with Pristimantis sp. (CORBIDI 2848, of Páez and Ron, 2019, ZooKeys, 868: Suppl. Material 3)

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