Eleutherodactylus ignicolor Lynch and Duellman, 1980, Misc. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 69: 32. Holotype: KU 165879, by original designation. Type locality: "Río Jatuntinahua, 10 km SE Cuyujúa, Provincia Napo, Ecuador".
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) ignicolor — Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 226.
Pristimantis ignicolor — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Pristimantis) ignicolor — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128.
Fire Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 75).
Upper humid montane forest in the upper Río Papallacta Valley (2160-2750 m), Napo Province, Ecuador.
In the Eleutherodactylus unistrigatus group; most closely related to Eleutherodactylus prolatus, Eleutherodactylus trachyblepharis, and Eleutherodactylus variabilis, 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: 226. 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 ignicolor) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 347.
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