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Pristimantis sulculus (Lynch and Burrowes, 1990)
Eleutherodactylus sulculus Lynch and Burrowes, 1990, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 136: 24. Holotype: IND-AN 1481, by original designation. Type locality: "Reserva La Planada, Mcpio. Ricuarte, Depto. Nariño, Colombia, 1780 m".
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) sulculus — Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 233.
Pristimantis sulculus — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Pristimantis) sulculus — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 121.
Common Names
Channel Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 79).
Distribution
Known only from cloud forest on the Pacific slope of the Cordillera Occidental in La Planada Reserve, Nariño, Colombia, 1700–2020 m elevation.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Colombia
Endemic: Colombia
Comment
Tentatively associated with Eleutherodactylus supernatis according to the original publication. See account by Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 135, who placed this species in the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) conspicillatus series, Eleutherodactylus devillei group. In the Pristimantis (Pristimantis) devillei species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 121. In the reformulated Pristimantis devillei species group of Padial, Grant, and Frost, 2014, Zootaxa, 3825: 126. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Eleutherodactylus sulculus) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 382.
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