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Hyloxalus maquipucuna (Coloma, 1995)
Colostethus maquipucuna Coloma, 1995, Misc. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 87: 40. Holotype: KU 202882, by original designation. Type locality: "9.4 km SW of Tandayapa, 0° 2′ S, 78° 42′ W, 2390 m, Provincia Pichincha, Ecuador".
Hyloxalus maquipucuna — Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 299: 168.
Common Names
Maquipucuna Rocket Frog (Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 2: xxxii).
Rana Cohete de Maquipucuna (Spanish: Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 2: xxxii).
Distribution
Known only from the type locality 9.4 km southwest of Tandayapa in montane rainforest of Pichincha Province, Ecuador, 2390 m elevation.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Ecuador
Endemic: Ecuador
Comment
Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 2: 139–140, provided an account, with photographs, which summarized identification, adult morphology, systematics, natural history, distribution (including a dot map), and conservation.
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