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Nymphargus buenaventura (Cisneros-Heredia and Yánez-Muñoz, 2007)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Centrolenidae > Subfamily: Centroleninae > Genus: Nymphargus

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Cochranella buenaventura Cisneros-Heredia and Yánez-Muñoz, 2007, S. Am. J. Herpetol., 2: 2. Holotype: DHMECN 3563, by original designation. Type locality: "Reserva Buenaventura (03° 38′ S, 79° 45′ W, 1200 m elevation) canton Piñas, Provincia de El Oro, República del Ecuador".

Nymphargus buenaventura — Cisneros-Heredia and McDiarmid, 2007, Zootaxa, 1572: 34.

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality in the Reserve Buenaventura, in the foothills of the Cordillera de Chilla, which is part of the Cordillera Occidental, Province of El Oro, southwestern Ecuador, 1200 m elevation.

Comment

In the Cochranella griffithsi clade according to the original publication, along with Nymphargus cariticommata, Nymphargus griffithsi, and Nymphargus wileyi.

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