Pristimantis medemi

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Pristimantis medemi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Strabomantidae
Genus: Pristimantis
Species:
P. medemi
Binomial name
Pristimantis medemi
(Lynch, 1994)
Synonyms
  • Eleutherodactylus medemiLynch, 1994

Pristimantis medemi is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. [2] The species is endemic to Colombia.

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Etymology

The specific name, medemi, is in honor of Federico Medem, who was a Colombian herpetologist of Baltic German descent. [3]

Geographic distribution

Pristimantis medemi is found in central Colombia, in the departments of Caquetá, Casanare, Cundinamarca, and Meta. [1]

Habitat

The natural habitats of Pristimantis medemi are tropical moist lowland forests, moist montane forests, rivers, plantations, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forests, [4] at elevations of 450–2,400 m (1,480–7,870 ft). [1]

Conservation status

Pristimantis medemi is threatened by habitat loss. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Pristimantis medemi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T56750A3048815. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T56750A3048815.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. "Pristimantis medemi (Lynch, 1994) | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Amphisbaena medemi, p. 174).
  4. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Pristimantis medemi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T56750A3048815. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T56750A3048815.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.

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