Pristimantis erythros Sánchez-Nivicela, Celi-Piedra, Posse-Sarmiento, Urgilés, Yánez-Muñoz, and Cisneros-Heredia, 2018

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

Pristimantis erythros Sánchez-Nivicela, Celi-Piedra, Posse-Sarmiento, Urgilés, Yánez-Muñoz, and Cisneros-Heredia, 2018, ZooKeys, 751: 116. Holotype:DHMECN 12103, by original designation. Type locality: "Chanlud, (02°40′57.30″S, 79°1′59.21"W, 3449 m), parroquia Chiquintad, cantón Cuenca, provincial de Azuay, República del Ecuador".  http://zoobank.org/DE8E6EBB-37C8-4342-A5F9-5F9A00C2EAC9 

English Names

Blood Rain Frog (original publication). 

Distribution

Paramos dominated by grassland and shrubs, at the type locality (Chanlud, parroquia Chiquintad, cantón Cuenca, provincial de Azuay, Ecuador), in the Cajas Massif, between 3450 and 3500 m 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Ecuador

Endemic: Ecuador

Comment

Most similar to Pristimantis orcesi according to the original publication. Placed in their Pristimantis orcesi group by Sánchez-Nivicela, Urgilés, Cedeño-Palacios, Abad-Peñafiel, and Guayasamin, 2021, Neotropical Biodiversity, 6: 224–237. 

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