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Rhaebo olallai (Hoogmoed, 1985)
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.
English Names
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); see comment regarding Colombia record.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Ecuador
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.
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