Nymphargus griffithsi (Goin, 1961)
Cochranella griffithsi Goin, 1961, Zool. Anz., 166: 97. Holotype: BMNH 1940.2.20.4, by original designation. Type locality: "Rio Saloya, [Provincia Pichincha,] Ecuador, 4000 feet".
Centrolenella griffithsi — Goin, 1964, Herpetologica, 20: 1-8.
Cochranella griffithsi — Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1991, Lozania, 57: 22.
Nymphargus griffithsi — Cisneros-Heredia and McDiarmid, 2007, Zootaxa, 1572: 34.
English Names
Ecuador Cochran Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 47).
Distribution
Pacific slopes of the Cordillera Occidental in Colombia (departments of Antioquia, Chocó, Cauca, Valle del Cauca, Nariño, and Risaralda) south to Cotopaxi Province in northern Ecuador; also known from the eastern slope of the Cordillera Central in Caldas, Colombia, 1460-2650 m elevation.
Comment
In the Cochranella ocellata group according to Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1991, Lozania, 57: 1-30. Cisneros-Heredia and McDiarmid, 2007, Zootaxa, 1572: 52, discussed the species in Ecuador and provided access to the relevant literature, and noted that this is probably a complex of species. Cisneros-Heredia and Yánez-Muñoz, 2007, S. Am. J. Herpetol., 2: 3, considered this species to be in (their nomenclature) the Cochranella griffithsi clade, along with Nymphargus buenaventura, Nymphargus cariticommata, and Nymphargus wileyi. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Cochranella griffithsi) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 214.
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