Pristimantis tamsitti (Cochran and Goin, 1970)
Eleutherodactylus latidiscus tamsitti Cochran and Goin, 1970, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 288: 418. Holotype: FMNH 69735, by original designation. Type locality: "near San Adolfo, 1400 meters, on the Río Suaza, Acevedo, Huila, Colombia".
Eleutherodactylus tamsitti — Lynch, 1976, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 61: 17. Lynch, Ruiz-Carranza, and Ardila-Robayo, 1994, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 170: 13.
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) tamsitti — Lynch, 1996, in Powell and Henderson (eds.), Contr. W. Indian Herpetol.: 154. Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 233.
Pristimantis tamsitti — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Pristimantis) tamsitti — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128.
English Names
San Adolfo Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 79).
Distribution
Moderate elevations (1350-2040 m) on the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Oriental in extreme western Department of Caquetá, as well as the type locality in the headwaters of the Río Magdalena, Department of Huila, Colombia.
Comment
Lynch, 1976, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 61: 17, elevated this taxon to species status with no further comment. Lynch, Ruiz-Carranza, and Ardila-Robayo, 1994, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 170: 1-42, redescribed the species, made assignment to the Eleutherodactylus devillei species group, and noted a possible synapomorphy with Eleutherodactylus cremnobates. In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) martinicensis series, Eleutherodactylus unistrigatus group according to Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 233. In the Pristimantis (Pristimantis) unistrigatus species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status (as Eleutherodactylus tamsitti) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 621.
External Links
Please note: these links will take you to external websites not affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History. We are not responsible for their content.
- For additional sources of information from other sites search Google
- For images search Arkive, CalPhoto Images and Google Images
- To search the NIH genetic sequence database, see GenBank
- For information aggregation from other sites and some original accounts see AmphibiaWeb report
- For further information on conservation status and distribution see the IUCN Redlist
- For related information on conservation and images as well as observation see iNaturalist;
- for a quick link to their maps see iNaturalist KML
