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Pristimantis mariaelenae Venegas and Duellman, 2012

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

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Pristimantis mariaelenae Venegas and Duellman, 2012, Zootaxa, 3249: 48. Holotype: CORBIDI 02824, by original designation. Type locality: "Cañaris, Provincia de Ferreñafe, Región Lambayeque, Perú (6° 7′ 14.4″ S, 79° 18′ 4.43″ W; 3596 m.a.s.l.)".

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality in humid bunch-grass habitat above tree line, at an elevation of 3596 m.a.s.l., on the eastern slope of the Cordillera Occidental in Provincia de Ferreñafe, Región Lambayeque, northwestern Peru.

Comment

In the Pristimantis (Pristimantis) orestes group according to the original publication.

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