Pristimantis hectus (Lynch and Burrowes, 1990)
Eleutherodactylus hectus Lynch and Burrowes, 1990, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 136: 18. Holotype: IND-AN 1441, by original designation. Type locality: "Reserva La Planada, Mcpio. Ricuarte, Depto. Nariņo, Colombia, 1780 m".
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) hectus — Lynch, 1996, in Powell and Henderson (eds.), Contr. W. Indian Herpetol.: 154. Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 225.
Pristimantis hectus — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Pristimantis) hectus — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 125.
English Names
Dwarf Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 75).
Distribution
Western slope of the Cordillera Occidental in the Department of Nariņo, Colombia, 1200-2020 m elevation; also in adjacent northwestern Ecuador.
Comment
See account by Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 103-104, who consider it to be in the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) myersi group. In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) myersi series, Eleutherodactylus myersi group of Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 225.
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