Eleutherodactylus kelephus Lynch, 1998, Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. Exact. Fis. Nat., 22: 129. Holotype: ICN 39637, by original designation. Type locality: "COLOMBIA, Departamento de Valle del Cauca: municipio El Cairo, vereda Las Amarillas, El Boquerón, quebrada 19.85 km del cementario de El Cairo, 2140-2150 m.s.n.m."
Pristimantis kelephas — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
Pristimantis (Pristimantis) kelephas — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
None noted.
Region of the type locality (Municipality of Cairo, Valle del Cauca and Chocó departments, Colombia), 1980-2150 m elevation.
In the Eleutherodactylus unistrigatus group by implication of the original publication, where it was also noted that this taxon had previously been confused with Eleutherodactylus calcaratus. 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 kelephas) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 351.
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