Pristimantis dissimulatus (Lynch and Duellman, 1997)
Eleutherodactylus dissimulatus Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 88. Holotype: KU 179088, by original designation. Type locality: "Quebrada Zapadores, 5 km ESE Chiriboga, 2010 m (00° 15′ S, 78° 43′ W), Provincia Pichincha, Ecuador".
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) dissimulatus — Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 223.
Pristimantis dissimulatus — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Pristimantis) dissimulatus — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Three localities at 830 and 1200 m in cloud forest on the lower slopes of the Andes in northwestern Ecuador and adjacent Colombia.
Comment
Subgenus Eleutherodactylus, Eleutherodactylus unistrigatus group according to the original publication, most similar to Eleutherodactylus calcarulatus. 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 photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Eleutherodactylus dissimulatus) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 333.
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