Pristimantis tiktik

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 tiktik

Name

Pristimantis tiktik Székely et al., 2018

ZooBank: 3A4F53A8-74B1-407F-8095-D90CBD98ADCA

Etymology: The specific name is the onomatopoeic representation of the frog’s particular call.

Holotype: MUTPL 239, adult male

Type locality: Ecuador, Loja province, Saraguro canton, 21 km (by road) E of Urdaneta (3.58612° S, 79.07516° W; datum WGS84), 3300 m above sea level, collected by Paul Székely, Diego Armijos-Ojeda and Dan Cogălniceanu on 8 July 2016.

References

Primary references

Székely, P., Eguiguren, J.S., Székely, D., Ordóñez-Delgado, L., Armijos-Ojeda, D., Riofrío-Guamán, M.L., Cogălniceanu, D. 2018. A new minute Pristimantis (Amphibia: Anura: Strabomantidae) from the Andes of southern Ecuador. PLoS ONE. 13(8): e0202332. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202332 Reference page.

English: Tiktik Rain Frog
español: Cutín tiktik