Pristimantis rufoviridis Valencia, Yánez-Muñoz, Betancourt-Yépez, Terán-Valdez, and Guayasamin, 2011

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

Pristimantis viridis Valencia, Yánez-Muñoz, Betancourt-Yépez, Terán-Valdez, and Guayasamin, 2011 "2010", Avanc. Cienc. Ingen., Quito, Secc. B,, 2 (3): 42. Holotype: FHGO 6956, by original designation. Type locality: "Urbina (00° 44′ 45.1″ N, 78° 18′ 02.9″ W, 1874 m), provincia de Imbabura, Ecuador". Junior second homonym of Eleutherodactylus viridis Ruiz-Carranza, Lynch, and Ardila-Robayo, 1997.

Pristimantis rufoviridis Valencia, Yánez-Muñoz, Betancourt-Yépez, Terán-Valdez, and Guayasamin, 2011, Avanc. Cienc. Ingen., Quito, Secc. B,, 3 (1): B1. Replacement name for Pristimantis viridis Valencia, Yánez-Muñoz, Betancourt-Yépez, Terán-Valdez, and Guayasamin, 2011 "2010".

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Northwestern slopes of the Andes in the provinces of Carchi and Imbabura, Ecuador, 1874 to 2237 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Ecuador

Endemic: Ecuador

Comment

Similar to members of the Pristimantis galdi group but not so assigned according to the original publication. Not assignable to a species group according to Padial, Grant, and Frost, 2014, Zootaxa, 3825: 128.

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