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Pristimantis dorsopictus (Rivero and Serna, 1988)

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

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Eleutherodactylus dorsopictus Rivero and Serna, 1988 "1987", Caribb. J. Sci., 23: 392. Holotype: MHNCSJ 1530, by original designation. Type locality: "Páramo de Sonsón, alrededor de 2800 m, entre los municipios de Sonsón y Nariño, Antioquia, Colombia".

Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) dorsopictus — Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 223.

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

Pristimantis (Pristimantis) dorsopictus — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 123.

English Names

Serna's Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 74).

Distribution

Páramo Sonsón on the northern part of the Cordillera Central, southern Antioquia and Caldas departments, Colombia, 2400-3000 m elevation.

Comment

In the Eleutherodactylus unistrigatus group, Eleutherodactylus lacrimosus assemblage, 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) lacrimosus species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 123. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Eleutherodactylus dorsopictus) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 334.

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