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Hyloscirtus criptico Coloma, Carvajal-Endara, Dueñas, Paredes-Recalde, Morales-Mite, Almeida-Reinoso, Tapia, Hutter, Toral-Contreras, and Guayasamin, 2012
Hyloscirtus criptico Coloma, Carvajal-Endara, Dueñas, Paredes-Recalde, Morales-Mite, Almeida-Reinoso, Tapia, Hutter, Toral-Contreras, and Guayasamin, 2012, Zootaxa, 3364: 20. Holotype: CJ 311, by original designation. Type locality: "a cascading stream on the borderline between Reserva Cotacachi-Cayapas and private land owned by Manuel Quinchiguango, at Recinto San Antonio, Cuellaje, Provincia Imbabura, Ecuador (0° 28′ 23.772″ N, 78° 34′ 12.756″ W; 2794 m)".
Colomascirtus criptico — Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016, Zootaxa, 4104: 30.
Hyloscirtus criptico — Rojas-Runjaic, Infante-Rivero, Salerno, and Meza-Joya, 2018, Zootaxa, 4382: 121.
English Names
Cryptic Torrenteer (Arteaga-Navarro, Bustamante, and Guayasamin, 2013, Amph. Rept. Mindo: 107).
Distribution
Three localities at elevations of 2175 to 2794 m, in cascading streams in montane cloud forest on the western versant of Cordillera Occidental of the Andes from Carchi, Imbabura, and Pichincha provinces, Ecuador.
Comment
In the Hyloscirtus larinopygion group according to the original publication. Arteaga-Navarro, Bustamante, and Guayasamin, 2013, Amph. Rept. Mindo: 107–109, provided an account and dot map. Proaño, Proaño-Morales, and Guayasamin, 2022, Ecosistemas, 31 (2: 2137): 1–9, reported a specimen from the Sierra de Toisán, Imbabura, Ecuador.
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