Pristimantis muscosus (Duellman and Pramuk, 1999)
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) muscosus Duellman and Pramuk, 1999, Sci. Pap. Nat. Hist. Mus. Univ. Kansas, 13: 51. Holotype: KU 219482, by original designation. Type locality: "east slope of Abra Pardo de Miguel (05° 46′ S, 77° 41′ W, about 1800 m), Provincia Rioja, Departamento San Martín, Peru".
Pristimantis muscosus — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Pristimantis) muscosus — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Known only from the eastern slope of the Cordillera del Condor in Ecuador and adjacent Peru.
Comment
In the Eleutherodactylus unistrigatus group according to the original publication. In the Pristimantis (Pristimantis) unistrigatus species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128. See Duellman and Lehr, 2009, Terrest.-breeding Frogs in Peru: 201-202, for brief account and statement that the Ecuador record requires confirmation. Yánez-Muñoz, Toral-Contreras, Meza-Ramos, Reyes-Puig, Bejarano-Muñoz, Mueses-Cisneros, and Paucar, 2012, Check List, 8: 286-290, provided a range extension in Ecuador and commented on the range.
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