Nymphargus puyoensis (Flores and McDiarmid, 1989)
Centrolenella puyoensis Flores and McDiarmid, 1989, Herpetologica, 45: 406. Holotype: MCZ 91187, by original designation. Type locality: "1.0 km W Puyo, Provincia de Pastaza, Ecuador, between 1000-1050 m elevation".
Cochranella puyoensis — Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1991, Lozania, 57: 23. Cisneros-Heredia and McDiarmid, 2006, Zootaxa, 1361: 21.
Centrolene puyoensis — Duellman and Schulte, 1993, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 155: 1-33. Disagreement in gender.
Centrolene puyoense — Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 211.
Nymphargus puyoensis — Guayasamin, Castroviejo-Fisher, Trueb, Ayarzagüena, Rada, and Vilà, 2009, Zootaxa, 2100: 28.
English Names
Puyo Giant Glass Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 46).
Distribution
Known only from lower montane wet forest at the type locality (near Puyo, Pastaza, Ecuador), 1000-1050 m elevation.
Comment
In the Centrolene mariae group according to Flores and McDiarmid, 1989, Herpetologica, 45: 401-411. Considered to be in the Cochranella ocellata group by Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1991, Lozania, 57: 1-30, but this was rejected by Duellman and Schulte, 1993, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 155: 1-33, who transferred this species to Centrolene. Cisneros-Heredia and McDiarmid, 2006, Zootaxa, 1361: 21-31, discussed taxonomy and conservation status and disputed the assignment of this species to Centrolene or the Centrolene mariae group inasmuch as this assignment was based on perceptions of overall similarity rather than synapomorphy. Cisneros-Heredia and McDiarmid, 2007, Zootaxa, 1572: 34, suggested that this taxon may be conspecific with Cochranella mariae; on page 61-62, they discussed the species in Ecuador and noted the relevant literature. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Centrolene puyoense) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 211.
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