Pristimantis prolatus (Lynch and Duellman, 1980)
Eleutherodactylus prolatus Lynch and Duellman, 1980, Misc. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 69: 51. Holotype: KU 166008, by original designation. Type locality: "2 km SSW Río Reventador, Provincia Napo, Ecuador, 1490 m."
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) prolatus — Lynch, 1996, in Powell and Henderson (eds.), Contr. W. Indian Herpetol.: 154. Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 231.
Pristimantis prolatus — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Pristimantis) prolatus — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128.
English Names
Hidden Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 78).
Distribution
Cloud forests (1140-1700 m) on the eastern face of the Andes and the Cordillera de Cutucú in Ecuador.
Comment
In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) martinicensis series, Eleutherodactylus unistrigatus group according to Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 231. See also Duellman and Lynch, 1988, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 140: 125-142. In the Pristimantis (Pristimantis) unistrigatus species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Eleutherodactylus prolatus) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 371.
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