Pristimantis w-nigrum (Boettger, 1892)
Hylodes w-nigrum Boettger, 1892, Kat. Batr. Samml. Mus. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges.: 28. Syntypes: SMF 1212 (2 specimens) (formerly 1212.2a, according to Boettger, 1892, Kat. Batr. Samml. Mus. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges.: vi); SMF 3818 (formerly 1212.2a) designated lectotype by Mertens, 1967, Senckenb. Biol., 48(A): 39. Type locality: "Zurucuchu, West-Anden von Cuenca in 3000-3500 m [Azuay Province,] Ecuador".
Hylodes buergeri Werner, 1899, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien, 49: 476. Syntypes: Including BMNH 1947.2.15.71 (formerly 1900.2.7.4), according to Lynch and Duellman, 1980, Misc. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 69: 61, who regarded this as likely the sole surviving syntype. Häupl and Tiedemann, 1978, Kat. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 2: 21, and Häupl, Tiedemann, and Grillitsch, 1994, Kat. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 9: 25, considered NHMW 22909 (Alto de Sibaté) as surviving syntype. Böhme and Bischoff, 1984, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 19: 167, reported as the holotype a specimen in the ZFMK (formerly ZIUG). Type localities: "Alto von Sibaté (2800 m) bei Bogotá, . . . [and] Fusagasugá", Colombia. Synonymy by Cochran and Goin, 1970, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 288: 395. (Formerly included in the synonymy of Eleutherodactylus conspicillatus by Boulenger, 1900, Zool. Rec., 36: 28.)
Eleutherodactylus buergeri — Stejneger, 1904, Annu. Rep. U.S. Natl. Mus. for 1902: 582-583. by implication; Dunn, 1944, Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. Exact. Fis. Nat., 6: 73.
Eleutherodactylus w-nigrum — Stejneger, 1904, Annu. Rep. U.S. Natl. Mus. for 1902: 582-583. by implication; Peters, 1955, Rev. Ecuat. Entomol. Parsitol., 2: 337.
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) w-nigrum — 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 w-nigrum — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Hypodictyon) wnigrum — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 116.
English Names
Zurucuchu Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 80).
Distribution
Lower montane and cloud forest at 800-3300 m elevation on both Pacific and Amazonian slopes of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador, and extreme northern Peru.
Comment
See account by Cochran and Goin, 1970, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 288: 395-397. See account by Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 145-146, who place this in the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) conspicillatus series, Eleutherodactylus conspicillatus group. Lynch and Renjifo, 2001, Guia Anf. Rept. Bogota: 58, presented a brief account and photograph. Lehr and Aguilar, 2004, Herpetol. Rev., 35: 184, provided the Peruvian record. Almendáriz and Orcés, 2004, Politécnica, Quito, 25: 131-132, provided distributional data for Ecuador. Duellman and Lehr, 2007, Sci. Pap. Nat. Hist. Mus. Univ. Kansas, 39: 1-13, briefly discussed the range. Mueses-Cisneros, 2005, Caldasia, 27: 237, provided records for Putumayo, Colombia. In the Pristimantis (Hypodictyon) rubicundus group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 116. See note by Guayasamin and Funk, 2009, Zootaxa, 2220: 41-66, on this species at the Yanayacu Biological Station, Napo, Ecuador. See Duellman and Lehr, 2009, Terrest.-breeding Frogs in Peru: 130-131, for brief account.
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