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Pristimantis tayrona (Lynch and Ruiz-Carranza, 1985)

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

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Eleutherodactylus tayrona Lynch and Ruiz-Carranza, 1985, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 711: 37. Holotype: ICN 3060, by original designation. Type locality: "Serranía Cebolleta, approximately 8 hours by foot E San Pedro de la Sierra," Municipio de Ciénega, Departamento Magdalena, Colombia, 2450 m.

Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) tayrona — 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 tayrona — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.

Pristimantis (Pristimantis) tayrona — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 123.

English Names

Cebolleta Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 79).

Distribution

Northern and western slopes (1300-2700 m) of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia.

Comment

In the Eleutherodactylus lacrimosus assemblage of the 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: 233. In the Pristimantis (Pristimantis) lacrimosus species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 123. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status (as Eleutherodactylus tayrona) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 622.

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