Pristimantis samaniegoi Székely, Eguiguren, Ordóñez-Delgado, Armijos-Ojeda, and Székely, 2020

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

Pristimantis samaniegoi Székely, Eguiguren, Ordóñez-Delgado, Armijos-Ojeda, and Székely, 2020, PLoS One, 15(9: e0238306): 21. Holotype: MUTPL 357, by original designation. Type locality: "Ecuador, Loja Province, Cajanuma entrance to the Parque Nacional Podocarpus, on Los Miradores trail (4.1151° S, 79.1651° W; datum WGS84), 3258 m above sea level". Zoobank publication registration: 32448ACE-C45F-4D84-9C2A-670E0C29B389

English Names

Samaniego's Rain Frog (original publication). 

Distribution

Known only from the Cajanuma entrance to the Parque Nacional Podocarpus, 3258 m elevation, Loja Province, and from about 13 km in the north, 2817 m elevation, in Abra de Zamora, Zamora Province, Ecuador. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Ecuador

Endemic: Ecuador

Comment

In the Pristimantis orestes species group, according to the original publication, which beyond summarizing morphology and coloration also provided the advertisement call and information on natural history.

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