Hyloscirtus criptico Coloma, Carvajal-Endara, Dueñas, Paredes-Recalde, Morales-Mite, Almeida-Reinoso, Tapia, Hutter, Toral-Contreras, and Guayasamin, 2012
Hyloscirtus criptico Coloma, Carvajal-Endara, Dueñas, Paredes-Recalde, Morales-Mite, Almeida-Reinoso, Tapia, Hutter, Toral-Contreras, and Guayasamin, 2012, Zootaxa, 3364: 20. Holotype: CJ 311, by original designation. Type locality: "a cascading stream on the borderline between Reserva Cotacachi-Cayapas and private land owned by Manuel Quinchiguango, at Recinto San Antonio, Cuellaje, Provincia Imbabura, Ecuador (0° 28′ 23.772″ N, 78° 34′ 12.756″ W; 2794 m)".
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Three localities at elevations of 2175-2794 m, in cascading streams in montane cloud forest on the western versant of Cordillera Occidental de los Andes from Carchi, Imbabura, and Pichincha provinces, Ecuador.
Comment
In the Hyloscirtus larinopygion group according to the original publication.
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