Pristimantis siopelus (Lynch and Burrowes, 1990)

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

Eleutherodactylus siopelus Lynch and Burrowes, 1990, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 136: 22. Holotype: IND-AN 1563, by original designation. Type locality: "Reserva La Planada, Mcpio. Ricuarte, Depto. Nariño, Colombia, 1780 m".

Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) siopelusLynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 232.

Pristimantis siopelusHeinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.

Pristimantis (Pristimantis) siopelusHedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 121.

Common Names

Reserve Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 79).

Distribution

Known only from the type locality in cloud forest on the western slope of the Andes in extreme southern Colombia; presumed to extend into adjacent Ecuador but not recorded there.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Colombia

Likely/Controversially Present: Ecuador

Endemic: Colombia

Comment

Tentatively associated with Eleutherodactylus acatallelus according to the original publication. See account by Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 133. In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) conspicillatus series, Eleutherodactylus devillei group, according to Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 232. In the Pristimantis (Pristimantis) devillei species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 121. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Eleutherodactylus siopelus) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 381.

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