Pristimantis sambalan Brito-M., Batallas-R., and Yánez-Muñoz, 2017

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

Pristimantis sambalan Brito-M., Batallas-Revelo, and Yánez-Muñoz, 2017, Neotropical Biodiversity, 3: 142. Holotype: DHMECN 12251, by original designation. Type locality: "Cerro Sambalán (2º12′ 22.1″ S; 78º27′ 09.7″ O, 2851 m), Parque Nacional Sangay, parroquia Zuñac, cantón Morona, provincia de Morona Santiago, República del Ecuador". 

English Names

 Sambalan Rainfrog (original publication). 

Distribution

Known only from the type locality on Cerro Sambalan in the Parque Nacional Sangay, Provincia Morona Santiago, Ecuador, 2851 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Ecuador

Endemic: Ecuador

Comment

In the Pristimantis myersi group in the original publication. Excluded from the Pristimantis myersi group by Franco-Mena, Guayasamin, Andrade-Brito, Yánez-Muñoz, and Rojas-Runjaic, 2023, PeerJ, 11 (e14715): 1–35. 

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