Pristimantis illotus

Pristimantis illotus
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Strabomantidae
Genus:	Pristimantis
Species:	P. illotus
Binomial name
Pristimantis illotus (Lynch & Duellman, 1997)
Synonyms
Eleutherodactylus illotusLynch & Duellman, 1997

Pristimantis illotus is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It is found on the Cordillera Occidental in Valle del Cauca and Cauca Departments in Colombia and southwards to the Pichincha Province, Ecuador. ^{[2] [3]}

Its natural habitats are cloud forests. It is threatened by habitat loss (deforestation) and pollution (spraying illegal crops). ^[1]

Pristimantis illotus has a direct development reproduction strategy; embryos develop fully in terrestrial eggs, and then emerge as small froglets without a free-living tadpole stage. In common with many Andean Pristimantis, P. illotus resides in the leaf litter of moist forests where temperature and moisture are stable throughout the year. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "Pristimantis illotus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T56663A85863151. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T56663A85863151.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. Frost, Darrel R. (2022). "Pristimantis illotus (Lynch and Duellman, 1997)". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
3. Acosta-Galvis, A.R. (2014). "Pristimantis illotus (Lynch & Duellman, 1997)". Lista de los Anfibios de Colombia V.04.2014. www.batrachia.com. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
4. Wagner, Elena L. E. S.; Roche, Dominique G.; Binning, Sandra A.; Wismer, Sharon; Bshary, Redouan (2015-12-01). "Temporal comparison and predictors of fish species abundance and richness on undisturbed coral reef patches". PeerJ. 3 e1459. doi: 10.7717/peerj.1459 . ISSN   2167-8359. PMC   4671157 . PMID   26644988.
5. Guayasamin, Juan M.; Hutter, Carl R.; Tapia, Elicio E.; Culebras, Jaime; Peñafiel, Nicolás; Pyron, R. Alexander; Morochz, Carlos; Funk, W. Chris; Arteaga, Alejandro (2017-03-22). "Diversification of the rainfrog Pristimantis ornatissimus in the lowlands and Andean foothills of Ecuador". PLOS ONE. 12 (3) e0172615. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1272615G. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172615 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   5362048 . PMID   28329011.