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Engystomops guayaco (Ron, Coloma, and Cannatella, 2005)
Physalaemus guayaco Ron, Coloma, and Cannatella, 2005, Herpetologica, 61: 180. Holotype: QCAZ 23521, by original designation. Type locality: "Ecuador, Provincia del Guayas, Cerro Masvale (private reserve at 2.394° S, 79.642° W), 92 m".
Engystomops guayaco — Nascimento, Caramaschi, and Cruz, 2005, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 63: 312.
Common Names
Guayaco Bully Foam Frog (Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 4: xxx).
Sapito Bullanguero Guayaco (Spanish: Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 4: xxx).
Distribution
Pacific lowlands in Los Ríos, Cotopaxi, and Guayas provinces, Ecuador, 4 to 229 m elevation.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Ecuador
Endemic: Ecuador
Comment
Molecular markers and advertisement call and the difficulty of a morphological diagnosis from near relatives were discussed in the original publication. Armijos-Ojeda, Székely, Székely, Cogǎlniceanu, Cisneros-Heredia, Ordóñez-Delgado, Escudero, and Espinosa, 2021, ZooKeys, 1063: 38, provided a dot map. Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 4: 54–56, 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 pp. 378–380) vocalization.
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