Eleutherodactylus orpacobates Lynch, Ruiz-Carranza, and Ardila-Robayo, 1994, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 170: 33. Holotype: ICN 20249, by original designation. Type locality: "Quebrada Agudelo, Parque Nacional Natural Los Orquídeas, Vereda Calles, Municipio Urrao, Departamento Antioquia, Colombia, 1410-1430 m".
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) orpacobates — 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 orpacobates — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Hypodictyon) orpacobates — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 116.
None noted.
Moderate elevations (1140-2000 m) along the western flank of the Cordillera Occidental of Colombia from paramillo (Antioquía) to northern Valle del Cauca.
In the Eleutherodactylus cerasinus group according to the original publication. In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) conspicillatus series, Eleutherodactylus cerasinus group according to Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 229. 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. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Eleutherodactylus orpacobates) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 363.
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