Hyloxalus whymperi (Boulenger, 1882)
Protherapis Whymperi Boulenger, 1882, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 5, 9: 462. Holotype: BMNH, by original designation; by museum records BMNH 1947.2.14.25, according to Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 96. Type locality: "Tanti, 2000 ft [607 m]", Provincia Pichincha, Ecuador.
Phyllobates whymperi — Barbour and Noble, 1920, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 63: 402.
Colostethus whimperi — Edwards, 1971, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 84: 148. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
Hyloxalus whymperi — Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 299: 169.
English Names
Tanti Rocket Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 49).
Distribution
Known only from Tanti and the vicinity of San Francisco de Las Pampas at about 600-1800 m in west-central Ecuador.
Comment
See account by Coloma, 1995, Misc. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 87: 55. Almendáriz and Orcés, 2004, Politécnica, Quito, 25: 112-113, provided distributional data for Ecuador.
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