Pristimantis vidua (Lynch, 1979)
Eleutherodactylus vidua Lynch, 1979, Misc. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 66: 49. Holotype: KU 120082, by original designation. Type locality: "15 km E Ciudad Loja, Provincia Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador, 2800 m".
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) vidua — 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 vidua — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Pristimantis) vidua — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 125.
English Names
Mountain Crest Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 80).
Distribution
Páramo grasslands along the mountain crests east and north of Loja, Zamora Chinchipe Province, Ecuador, 2710-3100 m.
Comment
In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) conspicillatus series, Eleutherodactylus orestes group according to Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 234. In the Pristimantis (Pristimantis) orestes species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 125. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Eleutherodactylus vidua) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 389.
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