Pristimantis muricatus

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 muricatus

Name

Pristimantis muricatus (Lynch & Miyata, 1980)

Type locality: "Río Faisanes where it is crossed by Ecuador Highway 28 (the road from La Palma to Quito via Chiriboga), 14.4 km from the junction with Highway 30 (the Aloag to Santo Domingo de los Colorados road) at La Palma, Provincia Pichincha, Ecuador, 1380 m."

Holotype: MCZ 94469.

Synonyms

Eleutherodactylus muricatus Lynch & Miyata, 1980
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) muricatus — Lynch & Duellman, 1997
Pristimantis muricatus — Heinicke, Duellman & Hedges, 2007

References

Lynch and Miyata, 1980, Breviora, 457: 2.
Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (Suppl. Inform.), 104: Table 2
Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Pristimantis muricatus . Accessed on 14 May 2008.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Pristimantis muricatus (Vulnerable) Downloaded on 14 May 2008. (as Eleutherodactylus muricatus)

Vernacular names

English: Rio Faisanes Robber Frog