Hyloxalus peculiaris (Rivero, 1991)
Colostethus peculiaris Rivero, 1991, Caribb. J. Sci., 27: 13. Holotype: USNM 282664, by original designation. Type locality: "Pailas, a tambo between Sevilla de Oro, and Méndez, on E of NE facing slope, 7200 ft (2195 m), Provincia Morona-Santiago", Ecuador.
Hyloxalus peculiaris — Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 299: 169.
English Names
Funny Rocket Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 49).
Distribution
Known only from the type locality (Pailas, Pronvica Morona-Santiago, Ecuador) on the eastern slope of the Andes.
Comment
See account by Coloma, 1995, Misc. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 87: 46.
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