Hyloscirtus torrenticola (Duellman and Altig, 1978)
Hyla torrenticola Duellman and Altig, 1978, Herpetologica, 34: 181. Holotype: KU 169571, by original designation. Type locality: "10.3 km west (by road) of El Pepino, Departamento Putumayo, Colombia, 1,440 m, 01° 11′ N, 76° 41′ W".
Hyloscirtus torrenticola — Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 85.
Boana torrenticola — Wiens, Fetzner, Parkinson, and Reeder, 2005, Syst. Biol., 54: 743. by implication.
English Names
El Pepino Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 58).
Distribution
Eastern slopes of Eastern Andes in southern Colombia (Caqueta and Putumayo departments) and northern Ecuador (Sucumbios and Napo provinces), 740-1700 m elevation.
Comment
In the Hyla bogotensis group according to the original publication. In the Hyloscirtus bogotensis group of Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 84-85. 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: 251. In Hyloscirtus species group B of Sánchez, 2010, Copeia, 2010: 351-363.
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