Pristimantis merostictus (Lynch, 1984)
Eleutherodactylus merostictus Lynch, 1984, Milwaukee Public Mus. Contrib. Biol. Geol., 60: 12. Holotype: ICN 12468, by original designation. Type locality: "Bogotacito, km 55-56 on Duitama--Charalá road, municipio Gambita, Depto. Santander, Colombia, ca. 2400 m".
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) merostictus — Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 228.
Pristimantis merostictus — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Pristimantis) merostictus — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128.
English Names
Bogotacito Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 77).
Distribution
Western slope of the Cordillera Oriental in the Department of Santander, Colombia, ca. 2400 m elevation.
Comment
In the Eleutherodactylus unistrigatus group according to the original publication. In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) martinicensis series, Eleutherodactylus unistrigatus group according to Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 228. 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 merostictus) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 356.
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