Gastrotheca litonedis Duellman and Hillis, 1987
Gastrotheca litonedis Duellman and Hillis, 1987, Herpetologica, 43: 155. Holotype: KU 202690, by original designation. Type locality: "10 km (by road) northeast of Girón, 2750 m (03° 05′ S, 79° 06′ W), Provincia Azuay, Ecuador".
English Names
Azuay Marsupial Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 53).
Distribution
Intermontane basins in the Andes of southern Ecuador (Azuay Province), 3000-3600 m elevation.
Comment
In the Gastrotheca plumbea group according to the original publication. Almendáriz and Orcés, 2004, Politécnica, Quito, 25: 114, provided distributional data for Ecuador. 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: 397.
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