Pristimantis vrazi Moravec, Lehr, Wang, and Uvizl, 2024

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

Pristimantis vrazi Moravec, Lehr, Wang, and Uvizl in Lehr, Moravec, Wang, and Uvizl, 2024, ZooKeys, 1219: 149. Holotype: MUSM 41581, GenBank accession numbers PQ330255 (16S), PQ345842 (12S), by original designation. Type locality: "buffer zone of the Pui Pui Protected Forest (11°05'44.2"S, 75°13'39.8"W), 1550 m a.s.l., property of Abelardo Cabrejos Vega, Distrito Pichanaqui, Provincia Chanchamayo, Región Junín, Peru". Zoobank Publication registration: F229ADA4-C1EC-40D3-8DFA-D087988EC891

Common Names

Vráz’s Robber Frog (original publication). 

Rana Cutín de Vráz (original publication). 

Distribution

Known from two localities in the valley of Río Huatziroqui in the northwestern corner of the buffer zone of the Pui Pui Protected Forest, between 1550 and 1730 m elevation, Distrito Pichanaqui, Provincia Chanchamayo, Región Junín, Peru. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Peru

Endemic: Peru

Comment

Unassigned to species group in the original publication, were external morphology and molecular markers were detailed. 

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