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Engystomops coloradorum (Cannatella and Duellman, 1984)
Physalaemus coloradorum Cannatella and Duellman, 1984, Copeia, 1984: 904. Holotype: KU 178271, by original designation. Type locality: "Santo Domingo de los Colorados, 580 m, Provincia Pichincha, Ecuador (0° 15′ S, 79° 90′ W)".
Engystomops coloradorum — Nascimento, Caramaschi, and Cruz, 2005, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 63: 312.
Common Names
Colorado Bully Foam Frog (Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 4: xxx).
Sapito Bullanguero Colorado (Spanish: Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 4: xxx).
Colorado Dwarf Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 83).
Distribution
Pacific lowlands and foothills of the Cordillera Occidental (to 1051 m elevation) in western Ecuador (Pichincha, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, and Bolívar provinces) from Río Cupa south to Río Baba.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Ecuador
Endemic: Ecuador
Comment
Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 4: 52–54, provided an account, with photographs, which summarized identification, adult and larval morphology, systematics, natural history, distribution (including a dot map for Ecuador), conservation, and (on p. 378) vocalization.
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