Pristimantis andinogigas

Pristimantis andinogigas

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brachycephaloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura Superfamilia: Brachycephaloidea

Familia: Strabomantidae
Subfamilia: Pristimantinae
Genus: Pristimantis
Species: Pristimantis andinogigas

Name

Pristimantis andinogigas Yánez-Muñoz, Veintimilla-Yánez, Batallas & Cisneros-Heredia, 2019: 141

• Holotype: DHMECN 10984 (field number DVY 057), adult ♀, collected by David Veintimilla-Yánez and Karen Salinas on 27 January 2010.
• Type locality: “ECUADOR; provincia de Loja, Parque Nacional Podocarpus, Cajanuma; 4.108346°S, 79.162046°W, 3313 m alt.”

References

Primary references

• Yánez-Muñoz, M.H., Veintimilla-Yánez, D., Batallas, D. & Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. 2019. A new giant Pristimantis (Anura, Craugastoridae) from the paramos of the Podocarpus National Park, southern Ecuador. Zookeys 852: 137–156. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.852.24557 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Giant Paramo Rainfrog

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