Pristimantis truebae (Lynch and Duellman, 1997)
Eleutherodactylus truebae Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 140. Holotype: KU 202620, by original designation. Type locality: "4 km N Zhud, 3040 m (02° 28′ S, 79° 00′ W), Provincia Cañar, Ecuador.
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) truebae — Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 233.
Pristimantis truebae — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Pristimantis) truebae — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 121.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Elevations of 2870-3190 m at the upper edge of humid montane forests on the western slopes of the Andes in the provinces of Bolívar, Cañar, and Cotopaxi, Ecuador.
Comment
In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) conspicillatus series, Eleutherodactylus devillei group, likely the sister species of Eleutherodacylus vertebralis, according to the original publication. In the Pristimantis (Pristimantis) devillei species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 121. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Eleutherodactylus truebae) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 386.
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