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Hyloxalus fallax (Rivero, 1991)
Colostethus fallax Rivero, 1991, Caribb. J. Sci., 27: 12. Holotype: USNM 282670, by original designation. Type locality: "3 km W Pilaló, on Quevedo—Latacunga Rd., 1760 m, Provincia Cotopaxi", Ecuador.
Hyloxalus fallax — Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 299: 168.
Common Names
False Rocket Frog (Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 2: xxxii).
Rana Cohete Falsa (Spanish: Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 2: xxxii).
Cotopaxi Rocket Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 48).
Distribution
Western slope of the Cordillera Occidental in Cotopaxi and Bolívar provinces, Ecuador, between 1760–2455 m, in cloud forest.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Ecuador
Endemic: Ecuador
Comment
See brief account by Coloma, 1995, Misc. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 87: 31. Almendáriz C. and Orcés, 2004, Rev. Politécnica, Quito, 25: 109-110, provided distributional data for Ecuador. Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 2: 125–126, provided an account, with photographs, which summarized identification, adult morphology, systematics, natural history, distribution (including a dot map), and conservation. These authors also regarded the record from El Tornado, Bolívar Province, Ecuador, reported as Colostethus fallax to be identified incorrectly (Almendáriz C. and Orcés, 2004, Rev. Politécnica, Quito, 25: 109) based on the presence of the third finger being expanded.
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