Pristimantis nyctophylax

Pristimantis nyctophylax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Craugastoridae
Genus: Pristimantis
Species: P. nyctophylax
Binomial name
Pristimantis nyctophylax
(Lynch, 1976)
Synonyms [1]

Eleutherodactylus nyctophylax Lynch, 1976

Pristimantis nyctophylax (common names: Tandapi robber frog, watchful rainfrog) is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae. It is endemic to Ecuador where it is known from the western flank of the Andes in the Cotopaxi and Pichincha Provinces.[2] Its natural habitat is tropical cloud forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 John Lynch; Luis A. Coloma & Santiago Ron (2004). "Pristimantis nyctophylax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved February 2, 2010.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Pristimantis nyctophylax (Lynch, 1976)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 19 October 2014.


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