Pristimantis helvolus (Lynch and Rueda-Almonacid, 1998)
Eleutherodactylus helvolus Lynch and Rueda-Almonacid, 1998, Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. Exact. Fis. Nat., 22: 562. Holotype: ICN 41664, by original designation. Type locality: "Colombia, Departamento de Antioquia: municipio de Guatapé, vereda Santa Rita, Hacienda Montepinar, 1840-1890 m.s.n.m. 6° 18′ 16″ N, 75° 08′ 06″ W".
Pristimantis helvolus — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Pristimantis) helvolus — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Cloud forest at 1800-2650 m in the municipalities of Pensilvania and Samaná, Department of Caldas, and municipality of Guatepé, Antioquia, on the eastern flank of the Cordillera Central, Colombia.
Comment
Likely related to Eleutherodactylus juanchoi according to the original publication. 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 helvolus) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 345.
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