Eleutherodactylus degener Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 86. Holotype: QCAZ 1297, by original designation. Type locality: "Alto Tambo, 830 m (00° 51′ 42″ N, 78° 30′ 54″ W), Provincia Esmeraldas, Ecuador".
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) degener — Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 223.
Pristimantis degener — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Pristimantis) degener — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128.
None noted.
Three localities at 830 and 1200 m in cloud forest on the lower slopes of the Andes in northwestern Ecuador (Esmeraldas Province) and adjacent Colombia (Departamento Nariņo).
Subgenus Eleutherodactylus, Eleutherodactylus unistrigatus group according to the original publication. In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) martinicensis series, Eleutherodactylus unistrigatus group of Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 223. In the Pristimantis (Pristimantis) unistrigatus species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Eleutherodactylus degener) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 331.
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