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Pristimantis ortizi (Guayasamin, Almeida-Reinoso, and Nogales-Sornosa, 2004)

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

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Eleutherodactylus ortizi Guayasamin, Almeida-Reinoso, and Nogales-Sornosa, 2004, Herpetol. Monogr., 18: 133. Holotype: QCAZ 16313, by original designation. Type locality: "near Nueva América (77° 58′ 54″ W, 00° 15′ 34″ N; elevation 3420 m), Provincia imbabura, Ecuador".

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

Pristimantis (Pristimantis) ortizi — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 125.

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Montane forest and paramo in the vicinity of El Chamizo (3264 m elevation), Provincia Carchi, and Nueva América (3420 m elevation), Provincia Imbabura, in the Cordillera Oriental of northern Ecuador; like ly in Adjacent Colombia.

Comment

In the Eleutherodactylus orcesi group according to the original publication. In the Pristimantis (Pristimantis) orcesi species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 125.

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