Pristimantis almendariz Brito-M. and Pozo-Zamora, 2013

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Superfamily: Brachycephaloidea > Family: Strabomantidae > Subfamily: Pristimantinae > Genus: Pristimantis > Species: Pristimantis almendariz

Pristimantis (Hypodictyon) almendariz Brito-M. and Pozo-Zamora, 2013, Pap. Avulsos Zool., São Paulo, 53: 316. Holotype: MEPN 14983, by original designation. Type locality: "Yapit (antiguo camino Shuar Logroño–Yaupi), Bosque Protector Kutukú-Shaimi (78° 04′ 41.2″ W; 02° 43′ 31.9″ S, 1820 m), parroquia Shimpis, cantón Logroño, provincia de Morona Santiago, República del Ecuador". 

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Bosque Protector Kutukú-Shaimi, Parroquia Shimpis, Cantón Logroño, 1820 m elevation) and from Trio Sarinayacu, 1400 to 1500 m elevation, Provincia de Morona Santiago, Ecuador. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Ecuador

Endemic: Ecuador

Comment

In the Pristimantis ridens species series according to the original publication and Padial, Grant, and Frost, 2014, Zootaxa, 3825: 126. Brito-M., Batallas-Revelo, and Yánez-Muñoz, 2017, Neotropical Biodiversity, 3: 125–156. provided a second record from Morona Santiago, Ecuador. 

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