Pristimantis pteridophilus (Lynch and Duellman, 1997)
Eleutherodactylus pteridophilus Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 124. Holotype: KU 179106, by original designation. Type locality: "La Delicia, 2710 m ( 00° 22′ N, 78° 25′ W), Cordillera de Intac, Provincia Imbabura, Ecuador".
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) pteridophilus — Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 231.
Pristimantis pteridophilus — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Pristimantis) pteridophilus — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Known only from five localities at elevations of 1500-2710 m in the humid tropical regime and the humid temperate regime on the western flank of the Andes in the provinces of Imbabura and Pichincha, northwestern Ecuador.
Comment
In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) unistrigatus group according to the original publication. In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) martinicensis series, Eleutherodactylus unistrigatus group according to Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 231. 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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