Gastrotheca turnerorum Carvajal-Endara, Coloma, Morales-Mite, Guayasamin, Székely, and Duellman, 2019

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hemiphractidae > Genus: Gastrotheca > Species: Gastrotheca turnerorum

Gastrotheca (Gastrotheca) turnerorum Carvajal-Endara, Coloma, Morales-Mite, Guayasamin, Székely, and Duellman, 2019, Zootaxa, 4562: 48. Holotype: CJ 393, by original designation. Type locality: "Laguna Negra de Jimbura, Parque Nacional Yacuri, Amaluza, 3406 m (04° 42' 44.24" S, 79° 25' 42.38" W), Loja Province, Ecuador". urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:B72F71A3-671F-4F89-91D5-2410C1D0B6DF 

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known only from three localities in the Cordillera Oriental of the Andes in southern Ecuador: 1) Parque Nacional Yacuri, Parque Nacional; 2) Parque Nacional Podocarpus; and 3) Reserva Tapichalaca in Zamora Chinchipe and Loja provinces, Ecuador, 3073 to 3406 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural resident: Ecuador

Endemic to the political unit: Ecuador

Comment

The sister species of Gastrotheca aguaruna + Gastrotheca yacuri according to the original publication. 

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