Pristimantis floridus (Lynch and Duellman, 1997)
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) floridus Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 94. Holotype: USNM 239672, by original designation. Type locality: "'region of Sigchos, (Provincia) Cotopaxi,' Ecuador".
Pristimantis floridus — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Pristimantis) floridus — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 125.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Western flank of the Andes in the Ecuadorian provinces of Cotopaxi, Imbabura, and Pichincha, in cloud forest at elevations of 700-2000 m.
Comment
Subgenus Eleutherodactylus, Eleutherodactylus myersi group, according to the original publication. In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) myersi series, Eleutherodactylus myersi group of Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 224. In the Pristimantis (Pristimantis) myersi species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 125. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Eleutherodactylus floridus) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 338.
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