Pristimantis pataikos (Duellman and Pramuk, 1999)
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) pataikos Duellman and Pramuk, 1999, Sci. Pap. Nat. Hist. Mus. Univ. Kansas, 13: 37. Holotype: KU 212321, by original designation. Type locality: "north slope of Abra Barro Negro (06° 41′ S, 77° 51′ W, 3470 m), 29 km (by road) SSW Leimebamba, Provincia Chachapoyas, Departamento Amazonas, Peru".
Pristimantis pataikos — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Pristimantis) pataikos — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 125.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Known from the region of the type locality (near the crest of the northern part of the Cordillera Central) in the Province of Bagua, Department of Amazonas, Peru, 3470 m elevation; also reported from nearby Curintza, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador, 1800 m elevation.
Comment
In the Eleutherodactylus orestes group according to the original publication. In the Pristimantis (Pristimantis) orestes 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 pataikos) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 365. See Duellman and Lehr, 2009, Terrest.-breeding Frogs in Peru: 208-209, for brief account and request for verification of the Ecuadorian record.
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