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Pristimantis nervicus (Lynch, 1994)

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

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Eleutherodactylus nervicus Lynch, 1994, Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. Exact. Fis. Nat., 19: 196. Holotype: ICN 32323, by original designation. Type locality: "Alto de Tigre, límite Cundinamarca-Meta, carretera Guayabetal-El Calvario, Colombia, 3870 m."

Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) nervicus — Lynch, 1996, in Powell and Henderson (eds.), Contr. W. Indian Herpetol.: 154. Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 229.

Pristimantis nervicus — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.

Pristimantis (Pristimantis) nervicus — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128.

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality at high elevation on the border of Cundinamarca and Meta, Colombia, 3870 m elevation.

Comment

In the Eleutherodactylus conspicillatus 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: 229. Lynch and Renjifo, 2001, Guia Anf. Rept. Bogota: 56, presented a brief account and photograph. In the Pristimantis (Pristimantis) unistrigatus species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128.

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