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Pristimantis corniger (Lynch and Suárez-Mayorga, 2003)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Craugastoridae > Subfamily: Pristimantinae > Genus: Pristimantis

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Eleutherodactylus corniger Lynch and Suárez-Mayorga, 2003, Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. Exact. Fis. Nat., 27: 608. Holotype: ICN 22867, by original designation. Type locality: "COLOMBIA, Departamento de Caquetá: Municipio de Florencia, vereda Gabinete, 0.7 km E límite Huila—Caquetá, 2340-2370 m.s.n.m."

Pristimantis corniger — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.

Pristimantis (Pristimantis) corniger — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128.

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Above 2000 m elevation in the vicinity of the type locality (Huila and Caquetá, Colombia).

Comment

Most similar and likely closely related to Eleutherodactylus chloronotus and Eleutherodactylus vicarius, according to the original publication. In the Pristimantis (Pristimantis) unistrigatus species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128.

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