Pristimantis caprifer (Lynch, 1977)
Eleutherodactylus caprifer Lynch, 1977, Copeia, 1977: 282. Holotype: KU 131589, by original designation. Type locality: "Las Palmas [= La Palma], Provincia Pichincha, Ecuador, 920 m".
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) caprifer — Lynch, 1996, in Powell and Henderson (eds.), Contr. W. Indian Herpetol.: 154. Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 221.
Pristimantis caprifer — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Pristimantis) caprifer — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 120.
English Names
La Palma Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 73).
Distribution
Lowlands (50-950 m) in southwestern Colombia (Departamento Valle de Cauca southward) and northwestern Ecuador.
Comment
See account by Lynch and Myers, 1983, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 175: 521-523. See account by Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 76. In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) conspicillatus series, Eleutherodactylus conspicillatus group according to Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 221. In the Pristimantis (Pristimantis) conspicillatus species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 120.
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