Nymphargus garciae (Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1995)
Cochranella garciae Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1995, Lozania, 62: 14. Holotype: ICN 11752, by original designation. Type locality: "Departamento de Cauca, municipio de Inzá, Km. 64-73 carretera Popayán a Inzá, vertiente oriental Codillera Central, 2° 34′ latitud N, 76° 4′ W de Greenwich, 2590-2660 m", Colombia.
Nymphargus garciae — Cisneros-Heredia and McDiarmid, 2007, Zootaxa, 1572: 34.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Eastern slope of the Cordillera Central in Colombia in the departments of Cauca, Huila, and Tolima, 1900-3030 m elevation.
Comment
In the Cochranella ocellata group, most similar to Cochranella megacheira, according to the original publication. 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: 213.
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