Pristimantis meridionalis (Lehr and Duellman, 2007)
Eleutherodactylus meridionalis Lehr and Duellman, 2007, Copeia, 2007: 145. Holotype: MUSM 0568, by original designation. Type locality: "Peru, Departamento de Ancash, Provincia de Huaylas, Distrito de Caraz, from Caraz".
Pristimantis meridionalis — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Pristimantis) meridionalis — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 120.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Known only from the type locality, Caraz , in the northern part of the Callejón de Huaylas in the Río Santa Valley at 2290 m, Departamento de Ancash, Provincia de Huaylas, Peru.
Comment
In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) orestes group according to the original publication. Duellman and Lehr, 2007, Sci. Pap. Nat. Hist. Mus. Univ. Kansas, 39: 1-13, briefly discussed the range. In the Pristimantis (Pristimantis) conspicillatus species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 120. See Duellman and Lehr, 2009, Terrest.-breeding Frogs in Peru: 197-198, for brief account.
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