Hyloxalus ruizi (Lynch, 1982)
Colostethus ruizi Lynch, 1982, Herpetologica, 38: 371. Holotype: ICN 5419, by original designation. Type locality: "on the border of a stream, [along] the road to Fusagasuga, between [Alto de] San Miguel and La Aguadita", Departamento Cundinamarca, Colombia.
Hyloxalus ruizi — Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 299: 169.
English Names
Ruiz's Rocket Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 49).
Distribution
Vicinity of the Alto de San Miguel in cloud forests on the western slopes of the Cordillera Oriental, Departamento Cundinamarca, Colombia, 2410-2469 m.
Comment
Rueda-Almonacid and Acosta-Galvis, 2004, in Rueda-Almonacid et al. (eds.), Libro Rojo Anf. Colombia: 151-155, provided an account and map. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Colostethus ruizi) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 225.
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