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Niceforonia adenobrachia (Ardila-Robayo, Ruiz-Carranza, and Barrera-Rodriguez, 1996)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Craugastoridae > Genus: Niceforonia

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Phrynopus adenobrachius Ardila-Robayo, Ruiz-Carranza, and Barrera-Rodriguez, 1996, Lozania, 67: 2. Holotype: ICN 0790, by original designation. Type locality: "Departamento del Tolima, municipio Herveo, vereda Albania, Páramo Letras, Km. 77-79 carretera Mariquita a Manizales, vertiente oriental, Cordillera Central, 5° 4.9′ latitud N, 75° 11.3′ W de Greenwich, 3100-3400 m. ", Colombia.

Niceforonia adenobrachia — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 110.

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Eastern slope of the Cordillera Central from the type locality and nearby on the border of Caldas, Colombia, 3100-3400 m elevation.

Comment

In the Phrynopus flavomaculatus group according to the original publication. Ardila-Robayo, Maldonado-Silva, and Patricia-Montealegre, 2004, in Rueda-Almonacid et al. (eds.), Libro Rojo Anf. Colombia: 283-286, provided an account and map. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Phrynopus adenobrachius) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 403.

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