Rhaebo olallai (Hoogmoed, 1985)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Bufonidae > Genus: Rhaebo > Species: Rhaebo olallai

Andinophryne olallai Hoogmoed, 1985, Zool. Meded., Leiden, 59: 269. Holotype: BMNH 1970.98, by original designation. Type locality: "Tandayapa, Pichincha Province, Ecuador, 0° 01′ S 78° 46′ W".

Rhaebo olallai — Ron, Mueses-Cisneros, Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, Rojas-Rivera, Lynch, Rocha, and Galarza, 2015, Zootaxa, 3947: 361. 

Common Names

Olalla's Toad (Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 2: xxxi). 

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

Tandayapa Andes Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 38).

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Tandayapa, Provincia Pichincha, Ecuador) and Río Manduriacu (Imbabura Province, Ecuador).1250 to 1683 m elevation; see comment regarding Colombia record. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Ecuador

Likely/Controversially Present: Colombia

Endemic: Ecuador

Comment

Murillo-Pacheco, Cepeda-Quilindo, and Florez-Pai, 2005, Herpetol. Rev., 36: 331, provided the Colombia record  Lynch, Kohn, Ayala-Varela, Hamitlon, and Ron, 2014, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 9(1)(Special Section): 1–7, provided the Ecuador record, suggested that the specimen(s) from the Reserva Natural Río Ñambi (Municipio de Barbacoas, Nariño, Colombia) represent an unnamed species, and discussed the conservation status of the species. Ron, Mueses-Cisneros, Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, Rojas-Rivera, Lynch, Rocha, and Galarza, 2015, Zootaxa, 3947: 361, transferred the species into Rhaebo and provided an account. Lynch, Kohn, Ayala-Varela, Hamitlon, and Ron, 2014, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 9(1)(Special Section): 1–7, rediscovered the species at Río Manduriacu (Imbabura Province, Ecuador, discussed the literature and natural history, and rejected the Reserva Natural Río Ñambi (Municipio de Barbacoas, Nariño, Colombia, record as belonging to an unnamed species. Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 2: 286–287, 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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