Pristimantis ocellatus (Lynch and Burrowes, 1990)
Eleutherodactylus ocellatus Lynch and Burrowes, 1990, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 136: 18. Holotype: IND-AN 1441, by original designation. Type locality: "Reserva Natural La Planada, Mcpio. de Ricuarte, Depto. Nariņo, Colombia, 1780 m".
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) ocellatus Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 229.
Pristimantis ocellatus — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Hypodictyon) ocellatus — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 116.
English Names
Ocellated Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 77).
Distribution
Cloud forest at elevations of 1255-1780 m on the Pacific versant of the Andes in the departments of Cauca and Nariņo, Colombia, and extreme northern Provincia Carchi, Ecuador.
Comment
Most similar to Eleutherodactylus crenunguis according to the original publication. Lynch, Ruiz-Carranza, and Ardila-Robayo, 1994, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 170: 1-42, considered this species to be in the Eleutherodactylus cerasinus group. See account by Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 119-120, who placed it in the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) conspicillatus series, Eleutherodactylus cerasinus group. Savage, 2002, Amph. Rept. Costa Rica: 227, included this species in his Eleutherodactylus cerasinus series, Eleutherodactylus cerasinus group. In the Pristimantis (Hypodictyon) rubicundus group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 116.
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