Gastrotheca dendronastes Duellman, 1983
Gastrotheca dendronastes Duellman, 1983, Copeia, 1983: 868. Holotype: KU 169381, by original designation. Type locality: "Río Calima, 1.5 km (by road) west of Lago Calima, 1,230 m, Departamento Valle del Cauca, Colombia (0° 55′ N, 76° 11′ W)".
Gastrotheca (Opisthodelphys) dendronastes — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 31.
English Names
Rio Calima Marsupial Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 53).
Distribution
Pacific slopes of Andes in southern Colombia (Antioquia, Risaralda, Chocó, Valle de Cauca, and Cauca) as well as an isolated population on the eastern slopes of the Central Cordillera in Caldas (Colombia), 1230-2090 m elevation; isolated record in Pichinca Province in northern Ecuador.
Comment
In the Gastrotheca ovifera group of Duellman, Maxson, and Jesiolowski, 1988, Copeia, 1988: 527-543. Gutiérrez-C. and Barrientos, 2007, Herpetol. Rev., 38: 474-475, provided a record from the Cordillera Central of Antioquia Department, Colombia, and discussed the range in Colombia. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 395.
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