Pristimantis relictus Roberto, Loebmann, Lyra, Haddad, and Ávila, 2022

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

Pristimantis relictus Roberto, Loebmann, Lyra, Haddad, and Ávila, 2022, Zootaxa, 5100: 524. Holotype: URCA-H 13344, by original designation. Type locality: "Parque Nacional de Ubajara, municipality of Ubajara, state of Ceará, Brazil (03 50’18.5”S, 40° 54’37.9” W; 833 m above sea level)". Zoobank publication registraton: 570D580F-CDA3-42A1-A9A2-E023282A3F4A

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Endemic to the “Brejos de Altitude” of the state of Ceará, northeastern Brazil, in the Planalto da Ibiapaba (municipalities of Ipu, Tianguá, Ubajara, Granja,Viçosa do Ceará), Serra de Maranguape (municipality of Maranguape), Serra da Aratanha (municipality of Pacatuba), Serra de Baturité (municipalities of Guaramiranga, Pacoti, Aratuba, Mulungu), Serra da Uruburetama, and Serra da Meruoca (municipality of Meruoca). 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Brazil

Endemic: Brazil

Comment

Comparative morphology, molecular markers, and advertisement call detailed in the original publication, where it was noted that this species had previously been confused with Pristimantis ramagii, and forms the sister taxon of the "Atlantic Forest Clade" (Pristimantis vinhai + Pristimantis ramagii + Pristimantis paulodutrai). In the Pristimantis conspicillatus group, Pristimantis ramagii clade of Fouquet, Réjaud, Rodrigues, Ron, Chaparro, Osorno-Muñoz, Werneck, Hrbek, Lima, Camacho-Badani, Jaramillo-Martinez, and Chave, 2022, Syst. Biodiversity, 20(1: 2130464): 1–16, who reported on phylogenetics and biogeography.   

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