Rhinella amabilis (Pramuk and Kadivar, 2003)
Bufo amabilis Pramuk and Kadivar, 2003, Herpetologica, 59: 271. Holotype: KU 120361, by original designation. Type locality: "Loja (04° 00′ S, 79° 13′ W, 2150 m), Provincia Loja, Ecuador".
Chaunus amabilis — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 364. Savage and Bolaños, 2009, Zootaxa, 2005: 4. By implication..
Rhinella amabilis — Chaparro, Pramuk, and Gluesenkamp, 2007, Herpetologica, 63: 211. by implication.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Elevations of 2050-2200 m elevation in the Loja Basin, an inter-Andean valley in Loja Province, Ecuador.
Comment
In the Bufo spinulosus group according to the original publication. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Bufo amabilis) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 178.
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