Nymphargus anomalus (Lynch and Duellman, 1973)
Centrolenella anomala Lynch and Duellman, 1973, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 16: 14. Holotype: KU 143299, by original designation. Type locality: "Río Azuela, 1740 m, Quito--Lago Agrio road, Provincia Napo, Ecuador".
Cochranella anomala — Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1991, Lozania, 57: 21.
Nymphargus anomalus — Cisneros-Heredia and McDiarmid, 2007, Zootaxa, 1572: 34.
English Names
Napo Cochran Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 46).
Distribution
Known only from the type locality (Río Azuela, 1740 m, Quito--Lago Agrio road, Provincia Napo, Ecuador), in lower montane rainforest.
Comment
In the Cochranella ocellata group according to Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1991, Lozania, 57: 1-30. Cisneros-Heredia and McDiarmid, 2007, Zootaxa, 1572: 46, corrected the diagnosis. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Cochranella anomala) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 212.
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