Pristimantis metabates (Duellman and Pramuk, 1999)
Eleutherodactylus metabates Duellman and Pramuk, 1999, Sci. Pap. Nat. Hist. Mus. Univ. Kansas, 13: 31. Holotype: KU 186904, by original designation; corrected to KU 196904 by Duellman and Lehr, 2009, Terrest.-breeding Frogs in Peru: 200. Type locality: "20 km (by trail) SW of Chiriaco (05° 13′ S, 78° 17′ W, 525 m), Provincia Bagua, Departamento Amazonas, Peru".
Pristimantis metabates — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Pristimantis) metabates — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 120.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Known only from the region of the type locality in the Province of Bagua, Department of Amazonas, Peru, and also reported from the "Centro de Estudios y Desarrollo para Amazonia", a reserve in northeastern Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador; expected to be more widespread than currently documented.
Comment
In the Eleutherodactylus conspicillatus group according to the original publication. In the Pristimantis (Pristimantis) conspicillatus species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 120. Cisneros-Heredia, Armijos-Ojeda, and Valarezo, 2009, Herpetol. Notes, 2: 185-188, provided the record from Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador, and discussed the geographic and ecological range. See Duellman and Lehr, 2009, Terrest.-breeding Frogs in Peru: 199-200, for brief account.
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