Pristimantis achatinus (Boulenger, 1898)
Hylodes achatinus Boulenger, 1898, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1898: 120. Holotype: BMNH 1947.2.15.69 (formerly 98.4.28.106), according to J.D. Lynch in Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 267. Type locality: "Cachabé [= Cachabí], a small village on the river of that name . . . , Prov. Esmeraldas . . . about 500 feet above the sea", Ecuador. Lynch and Myers, 1983, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 175: 515, discussed this locality and noted that it is not the same as San Javier de Cachabí.
Eleutherodactylus achatinus — Stejneger, 1904, Annu. Rep. U.S. Natl. Mus. for 1902: 582-583. by implication; Peters, 1955, Rev. Ecuat. Entomol. Parsitol., 2: 339.
Hylodes pagmae Fowler, 1913, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 65: 153-176. Holotype: ANSP 18244 by original designation. Type locality: "Pagma Forest in the Chanchan River basin, province of Chimborazo, Ecuador". Synonymy by Lynch and Myers, 1983, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 175: 509-516.
Eleutherodactylus brederi Dunn, 1934, Am. Mus. Novit., 747: 1-2. Holotype: AMNH 40523, by original designation. Type locality: "Chalichiman's Creek, Darien, Panama, 'a small mountain tributary draining into the Chucurti or Sucubti. It is close to the Continental Divide, just back of Caledonia Bay, and drains in the Chucunaque system'". Synonymy by Lynch and Myers, 1983, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 175: 509-516.
Eleutherodactylus pagmae — Peters, 1955, Rev. Ecuat. Entomol. Parsitol., 2: 350.
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) achatinus — Lynch, 1996, in Powell and Henderson (eds.), Contr. W. Indian Herpetol.: 154. Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 229.
Pristimantis achatinus — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Pristimantis) achatinus — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 120.
English Names
Cachabi Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 72).
Distribution
Extreme eastern Panama south through the Chocoan lowlands of Colombia to El Oro Province in southern Ecuador, 0-2330 m elevation; also in the Cauca and Magdalena Valleys of Colombia.
Comment
Lynch and Myers, 1983, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 175: 509-516, discussed the species and noted that it might be composed of cryptic species recognizable on call structure. See account by Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 63-66. In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) conspicillatus series, Eleutherodactylus conspicillatus group of Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 219. In the Pristimantis (Pristimantis) conspicillatus species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 120.
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