Rulyrana saxiscandens (Duellman and Schulte, 1993)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Centrolenidae > Subfamily: Centroleninae > Genus: Rulyrana > Species: Rulyrana saxiscandens

Cochranella saxiscandens Duellman and Schulte, 1993, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 155: 22. Holotype: KU 211779, by original designation. Type locality: "Cataratas Ahaushiyacu (06°30′S, 76°20′W, 730 m), 14 km (by road) northeast of Tarapoto, Provincia San Martín, Departamento San Martín, Perú".

Cochranella tangarana Duellman and Schulte, 1993, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 155: 26. Holotype: KU 211776, by original designation. Type locality: "west slope of Abra Tangarana, 7 km (by road) northeast of San Juan de Pacaysapa (06°12′S, 76°44′W), 1080 m), Provincia Lamas, Departamento San Martín, Perú". Synonymy by Twomey, Delia, and Castroviejo-Fisher, 2014, Zootaxa, 3851: 1; Cisneros-Heredia and Guayasamin, 2014, Pap. Avulsos Zool., São Paulo, 54: 1. 

Cochranella croceopodes Duellman and Schulte, 1993, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 155: 19. Holotype: KU 211804, by original designation. Type locality: "23.2 km (by road) northeast of Tarapoto (06°27′S, 76°48′W, 800 m), Provincia San Martín, Departamento San Martín, Perú". Synonymy by Twomey, Delia, and Castroviejo-Fisher, 2014, Zootaxa, 3851: 1. 

Rulyrana tangarana — Guayasamin, Castroviejo-Fisher, Trueb, Ayarzagüena, Rada, and Vilà, 2009, Zootaxa, 2100: 34.

Rulyrana saxiscandens — Guayasamin, Castroviejo-Fisher, Trueb, Ayarzagüena, Rada, and Vilà, 2009, Zootaxa, 2100: 34.

"Cochranella" croceopodes — Guayasamin, Castroviejo-Fisher, Trueb, Ayarzagüena, Rada, and Vilà, 2009, Zootaxa, 2100: 55.

English Names

Tarapoto Cochran Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 47).

Tangarana Cochran Frog (Rulyrana tangarana [no longer recognized]: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 47).

Distribution

Cordillera Escalera, roughly between the cities of Tarapoto and Moyobamba, Peru, at elevations of 517–1047 m 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Peru

Endemic: Peru

Comment

In the Cochranella ocellata group according to the original publication. Placed in the Cochranella spinosa group by Savage, 2002, Amph. Rept. Costa Rica: 365. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 217. See taxonomic discussion by  Twomey, Delia, and Castroviejo-Fisher, 2014, Zootaxa, 3851: 49–49. 

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