Pristimantis actites (Lynch, 1979)
Eleutherodactylus actites Lynch, 1979, Herpetologica, 35: 230. Holotype: KU 120111, by original designation. Type locality: "Pilaló, Provincia Cotopaxi, Ecuador, 2486 m".
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) actites — Lynch, 1996, in Powell and Henderson (eds.), Contr. W. Indian Herpetol.: 154. Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 219.
Pristimantis actites — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 104: 10094. Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Hypodictyon) actites — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 116.
English Names
Lesser Pilalo Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 72).
Distribution
Elevations of 760-2486 m in the vicinity of Pilalo, Provincia Cotopaxi, on the Pacific slope of the Cordillera Occidental in central Ecuador.
Comment
In the Eleutherodactylus conspicillatus group according to Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 66-69, who provided an account. In the Pristimantis (Hypodictyon) rubicundus group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 116. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Eleutherodactylus actites) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 315.
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