Pristimantis enigmaticus Ortega-Andrade, Rojas-Soto, Valencia, Espinosa de los Monteros, Morrone, Ron, and Cannatella, 2015

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

Pristimantis enigmaticus Ortega-Andrade, Rojas-Soto, Valencia, Espinosa de los Monteros, Morrone, Ron, and Cannatella, 2015, PLoS One, 10(11): e0143392: 22. Holotype: QCAZ 40935, by original designation. Type locality: "6 km on road San Ramón−El Triunfo, Cooperativa La Mariscal Sucre, 500 m in the trail of Pukayacu river, S° 1.370, W° 77.860, 950 m elevation". Zoobank publication registration: 8FAB73E0-A5E0-4D46-9DCE-84D0836EEE74

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Amazonian evergreen lowlands and piedmont of eastern Ecuador (Morona-Santiago, Orellana, and Pastaza provinces) and northern Loreto Department in Peru, up to 960 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Ecuador, Peru

Comment

In the Pristimantis acuminatus group, and previous confused with Pristimantis acuminatus, according to the original publication. 

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