Gastrotheca yacuri Carvajal-Endara, Coloma, Morales-Mite, Guayasamin, Székely, and Duellman, 2019

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hemiphractidae > Genus: Gastrotheca > Species: Gastrotheca yacuri

Gastrotheca (Gastrotheca) yacuri Carvajal-Endara, Coloma, Morales-Mite, Guayasamin, Székely, and Duellman, 2019, Zootaxa, 4562: 56. Holotype: CJ 7822, by original designation. Type locality: "El Salado de Jimbura, at about 2.5 km (by road) west from the entrance in the Parque Nacional Yacuri, 2914 m (04° 42' 08.37" S, 79° 27' 00.09" W), Loja Province, Ecuador". Zoobank publication registration: DDB73CA2-F300-4C72-B936-A6685ED775AE

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known from three nearby localities 2.8 km apart (maximum distance) at elevations of 2712–3492 m in the Cordillera Oriental de los Andes, Loja Province, in southern Ecuador: one locality is within Parque Nacional Yacuri and the others are in El Salado de Jimbura. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Ecuador

Endemic: Ecuador

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