Pristimantis capitonis (Lynch, 1998)
Eleutherodactylus capitonis Lynch, 1998, Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. Exact. Fis. Nat., 22: 126. Holotype: ICN 8124, by original designation. Type locality: "COLOMBIA, Departamento de Cauca, Municipio de El Tambo, Parque Natural Nacional Munchique, vicinity of cabaņa 'La Romelia', 2610 m.s.n.m."
Pristimantis capitonis — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Pristimantis) capitonis — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Known from three localities on the western slope of the Cordillera Occidental in the departments of Cauca and Valle del Cauca, Colombia, 2530-2800 m elevation.
Comment
In the Eleutherodactylus unistrigatus group by implication of the original publication, most closely related to Eleutherodactylus verecundus. In the Pristimantis (Pristimantis) unistrigatus species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Eleutherodactylus capitonis) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 325.
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