Osornophryne puruanta Gluesenkamp and Guayasamin, 2008

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Bufonidae > Genus: Osornophryne > Species: Osornophryne puruanta

Osornophryne puruanta Gluesenkamp and Guayasamin, 2008, Zootaxa, 1828: 19. Holotype: QCAZ 11471, by original designation. Type locality: "near Laguna de Puruanta (00° 13′ N, 77° 57′ W, 3500 m. a.s.l.), Cordillera de Pimampiro, Provincia de Imbabura, Ecuador".

Common Names

Puruanta Toadlet (Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 2: xxxi). 

Sapito de Puruanta (Spanish: Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 2: xxxi).

Distribution

Cordillera Oriental in Imbabura and Sucumbíos provinces, Ecuador, 3471 to 3638 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Ecuador

Endemic: Ecuador

Comment

 Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 2: 263–265, provided an account, with photographs, which summarized identification, adult morphology, systematics, natural history, distribution (including a dot map for Ecuador), and conservation.

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