Pristimantis ocreatus (Lynch, 1981)
Eleutherodactylus ocreatus Lynch, 1981, Misc. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 72: 26. Holotype: KU 117573, by original designation. Type locality: "west slope of Volcán Chiles, 10 km W Tufiño, Prov. Carchi, Ecuador, 3500-3800 m."
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) ocreatus — Lynch, 1996, in Powell and Henderson (eds.), Contr. W. Indian Herpetol.: 154.
Pristimantis ocreatus — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Pristimantis) ocreatus — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 125.
English Names
Carchi Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 77).
Distribution
Páramos del Angel (3500-4150 m elevation) in extreme northern Ecuador; possibly extending into adjacent Colombia.
Comment
In the Eleutherodactylus myersi assembly of the Eleutherodactylus unistrigatus group; most closely related to Eleutherodactylus trepidotus, according to the original publication. In the more inclusive (and monophyletic) Eleutherodactylus pyrrhomerus assembly and the sister-species of Eleutherodactylus trepidotus, according to Lynch, 1984, Herpetologica, 40: 237. In the Pristimantis (Pristimantis) myersi species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 125. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Eleutherodactylus ocreatus) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 361.
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