Lynchius parkeri (Lynch, 1975)
Phrynopus parkeri Lynch, 1975, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 35: 21. Holotype: KU 135278, by original designation. Type locality: "the summit of the cordillera between Chanchaque [= Canchaque] and Huancabamba, Depto. Piura, Perú, 3100 m".
Lynchius parkeri — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 109.
English Names
Parker’s Andes Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 83).
Distribution
Elevations of 2770-3100 m in humid montane forests of the Cordillera de Huancabamba, Departmento Piura, northern Peru.
Comment
In the Phrynopus flavomaculatus group. See comment under Phrynopus flavomaculatus. See Duellman and Wild, 1993, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 157: 1-53, for additional specimens and Duellman, 2000, Herpetologica, 56: 277-278, for account. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Phrynopus parkeri) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 407. See Duellman and Lehr, 2009, Terrest.-breeding Frogs in Peru: 89-90, for brief account.
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