Hyloscirtus ptychodactylus (Duellman and Hillis, 1990)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hylidae > Subfamily: Hylinae > Genus: Hyloscirtus > Species: Hyloscirtus ptychodactylus

Hyla ptychodactyla Duellman and Hillis, 1990, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 134: 12. Holotype: KU 209780, by original designation. Type locality: "Pilaló (00°57′S, 79°02′W), 2320 m, Provincia de Cotopaxi, Ecuador".

Hyloscirtus ptychodactylusFaivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 85; Rojas-Runjaic, Infante-Rivero, Salerno, and Meza-Joya, 2018, Zootaxa, 4382: 121.

Boana ptychodactylaWiens, Fetzner, Parkinson, and Reeder, 2005, Syst. Biol., 54: 743, by implication.

Colomascirtus ptychodactylus — Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016, Zootaxa, 4104: 30. 

English Names

Pilalo Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 57).

Distribution

Known only from the vicinity of the type locality at Pilaló , Cotopaxi, Ecuador, 2320 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Ecuador

Endemic: Ecuador

Comment

In the Hyla larinopygion group according to the original publication. In the Hyloscirtus larinopygion group of Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 85. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 251.

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