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Pristimantis katoptroides (Flores, 1988)

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

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Eleutherodactylus katoptroides Flores, 1988, J. Herpetol., 22: 37. Holotype: MCZ 90012, by original designation. Type locality: "1 km west of Puyo, between 1000-1050 m, Provincia Pastaza, Ecuador (latitude 78° 00′ W, longitude 01° 23′ S)".

Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) katoptroides — Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 226.

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

Pristimantis (Pristimantis) katoptroides — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128.

English Names

Puyo Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 76).

Distribution

Known only from the type locality near Puyo, Province of Pastaza, 1000-1050 m, as well as the upper watershed of Curintza in the Parque nacional Podocarpus at 2700 m, in central and southern Ecuador.

Comment

In the Eleutherodactylus crucifer assembly of the Eleutherodactylus unistrigatus group, 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 katoptroides) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 351.

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