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Leucostethus bilsa Vigle, Coloma, Santos, Hernandez-Nieto, Ortega-Andrade, Paluh, and Read, 2020
Leucostethus bilsa Vigle, Coloma, Santos, Hernandez-Nieto, Ortega-Andrade, Paluh, and Read, 2020, Zootaxa, 4896: 352. Holotype: CJ 8311, by original designation. Type locality: "primary forest at the Brown Trail (0.358389N, 79.708364 W; 478 m) in Reserva Biológica Bilsa (RBB), Quinindé, Provincia de Esmeraldas, Ecuador". Zoobank publication registration: 383BE990-AF74-461B-8449-F41CCCDC94CD
Common Names
Bilsa White-chested Frog (original publication).
Distribution
Known from the Reserva Biológica Bilsa (Manabí Province) and the nearby Fundación para la Conservación de los Andes Tropicales (FCAT) Forest Reserve (Esmeraldas Province), in the Chocoan region of Pacific northern coastal Ecuador, from elevations of between 426 and 515 m.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Ecuador
Endemic: Ecuador
Comment
The call, morphology, osteology, and molecular markers were discussed in the original publication. Jones, Franco-Mena, Zambrano Cantos, Loor Vélez, Aulestia, Zahawi, and Guayasamin, 2024, Check List, 20: 853–858, provided new records from the Fundación para la Conservación de los Andes Tropicales (FCAT) Forest Reserve, Esmeraldas Province, and provided a dot map of the known localities.
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