Engystomops randi (Ron, Cannatella, and Coloma, 2004)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Leptodactylidae > Subfamily: Leiuperinae > Genus: Engystomops > Species: Engystomops randi

Physalaemus randi Ron, Cannatella, and Coloma, 2004, Herpetologica, 60: 263. Holotype: QCAZ 19563, by original designation. Type locality: "Ecuador, Provincia del Guayas, Cerro Masvale (2.394° S, 79.642° W), 92 m".

Engystomops randiNascimento, Caramaschi, and Cruz, 2005, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 63: 312.

English Names

Rand's Dwaft Frog (Armijos-Ojeda, Székely, Székely, Cogǎlniceanu, Cisneros-Heredia, Ordóñez-Delgado, Escudero, and Espinosa, 2021, ZooKeys, 1063: 31). 

Distribution

Puyango Petrified Forest, Provincia del Guayas, Ecuador, south to the Tumbes Reserve, Tumbes, Peru, 0–150 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Ecuador, Peru

Comment

Advertisement call, external morphology, and natural history detailed in the original publication. Armijos-Ojeda, Székely, Székely, Cogǎlniceanu, Cisneros-Heredia, Ordóñez-Delgado, Escudero, and Espinosa, 2021, ZooKeys, 1063: 32, provided the record from Tumbes Reserve, Peru, and provided a dot map of the range. Nascimento, de Sá, and Garcia, 2022, J. Morphol., 283: 1299–1317, reported on larval external, oral and skeletal morphology. 

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