Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Eleutherodactylus ventrimarmoratus — Stejneger, 1904, Annu. Rep. U.S. Natl. Mus. for 1902: 582-583. by implication; Andersson, 1945, Ark. Zool., 37A(2): 30.

Hylodes ventrimarmoratus Boulenger, 1912, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 8, 10: 187. Syntypes: BMNH 1947.2.15.73 (formerly 1911.12.12.77), 1947.2.15.74-76 (formerly 1911.1.1.51-53) according to J.D. Lynch in Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 327. Type locality: "Chanchamayo, [Departamento Junín,] Peru, 2600 feet" and "El Topo, R. Pastaza, [Provincia Tungurahua,] E. Ecuador, 4200 feet".

Eleutherodactylus ventrivittatus Andersson, 1945, Ark. Zool., 37A(2): 32. Syntypes: NHRM (2 specimens), by original indication. Type locality: "Ambitagua [= Abitagua], Rio Pastaza", Provincia Tungurahua or Pastaza, Ecuador. Synonymy by Lynch and Duellman, 1980, Misc. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 69: 60-61.

Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) ventrimarmoratus — Lynch, 1996, in Powell and Henderson (eds.), Contr. W. Indian Herpetol.: 154. Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 234.

Pristimantis ventrimarmoratus — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.

Pristimantis (Pristimantis) ventrimarmoratus — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128.

English Names

Tungurahua Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 80).

Distribution

Cloud forests of northern Ecuador and the rainforests in northern Ecuador south to southern Peru and northern adjacent Bolivia; possibly to be found in extreme western Brazil.

Comment

In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) martinicensis series, Eleutherodactylus unistrigatus group according to Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 234. See brief account by Lynch and Duellman, 1980, Misc. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 69: 60-61. De la Riva, Köhler, Lötters, and Reichle, 2000, Rev. Esp. Herpetol., 14: 47, provided the Bolivian record and access to literature. Padial, Gonzales-Álvarez, Reichle, Aguayo-Vedia, and De la Riva, 2004, Graellsia, 60: 171, provided records from Departamento La Paz, Bolivia. In the Pristimantis (Pristimantis) unistrigatus species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128. See Duellman and Lehr, 2009, Terrest.-breeding Frogs in Peru: 251-252, for brief account.

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