Pristimantis bambu

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 bambu

Name

Pristimantis bambu Arteaga-Navarro & Guayasamin, 2011

Holotype: QCAZ 46740, an adult male (Figs. 1–3) obtained by Alejandro F. Arteaga-Navarro on January 07, 2010.

Type locality: La Libertad, Reserva Mazar (02.54804 S, 78.69741 W; 2976 m.a.s.l.), Cantón Azogues, Provincia Cañar, Ecuador; airline distance from Rivera is 6.6 km.

Paratypes: All 24 paratypes (Figs. 4A, B) were collected by Alejandro F. Arteaga-Navarro on January and March 2010 at the Reserva Mazar, southern Sangay National Park, east of Pallcayacu river, within the Cantón Azogues, Provincia Cañar, Ecuador. From these, 16 are adult males (QCAZ 46704, 46706–7, 46710–12, 46724–27, 46741–42, 47555, 47558, 47556–57); 6 are adult females (QCAZ 46705, 46708, 46739, 46743–44, 7559); and 2 are juvenile females (QCAZ 46713–14).

References

• Alejandro F. Arteaga-Navarro & Juan M. Guayasamin. 2011: A new frog of the genus Pristimantis (Amphibia: Strabomantidae) from the high Andes of Southeastern Ecuador, discovered using morphological and molecular data. Zootaxa, 2876: 17–29. [1].