Eleutherodactylus lividus Lynch and Duellman, 1980, Misc. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 69: 41. Holotype: KU 166005, by original designation. Type locality: "11 km ESE Papallacta, Provincia Napo, Ecuador, 2660 m."
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) lividus — Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 227.
Pristimantis lividus — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Pristimantis) lividus — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128.
Bruised Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 76).
Papallacta Valley on the eastern face of the Andes in Napo Province, Ecuador, 2135-2750 m.
In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) martinicensis series, Eleutherodactylus unistrigatus group of Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 227. Almendáriz and Orcés, 2004, Politécnica, Quito, 25: 124-125, provided distributional data for Ecuador. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Eleutherodactylus lividus) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 355.
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