Pristimantis laticlavius (Lynch and Burrowes, 1990)
Eleutherodactylus laticlavius Lynch and Burrowes, 1990, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 136: 14. Holotype: IND-AN 1564, by original designation. Type locality: "Reserva La Planada, Mcpio. Ricuarte, Depto. Nariņo, Colombia, 1780 m".
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) laticlavius — Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 227.
Pristimantis laticlavius — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Hypodictyon) laticlavius — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 114.
English Names
Burrowes' Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 76).
Distribution
Five localities at elevations of 1200-2565 m on the western flanks of the Andes in extreme southwestern Colombia and in provincias Carchi and Pichincha in northern Ecuador, where it occurs in cloud forest.
Comment
According to the original publication, some records of Eleutherodactylus cruentus from western Colombia and western Ecuador may actually be this species. See account by Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 107-108, who placed this species in the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) martinicensis series, Eleutherodactylus unistrigatus group. In the Pristimantis (Hypodictyon) ridens species series of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 114.
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