Pristimantis moro

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Pristimantis moro
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Strabomantidae
Genus: Pristimantis
Subgenus: Hypodictyon
Species:
P. moro
Binomial name
Pristimantis moro
(Savage, 1965)
Synonyms [2]

Pristimantis moro, also known as La Hondura robber frog, is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. [2] It is found in lowland western Colombia (Valle del Cauca Department), [5] the Pacific versant of Panama, and the Atlantic versant of Costa Rica. [2]

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Taxonomy

Pristimantis moro was described by Jay M. Savage in 1965 as Eleutherodactylus moro. The specific name moro honors John Luther Mohr, a specialist in anuran enterofauna. [3] The same species was described as Eleutherodactylus lehmanvalenciae by W. A. Thornton later in 1965, [4] thus making it junior synonym of Eleutherodactylus moro. [6] The specific name lehmanvalenciae honors Carlos Lehman Valencia, in recognition of "his many contributions furthering the knowledge of Colombian natural history". [4] [7]

Description

Pristimantis moro is a small frog, with males growing to a snout–vent length (SVL) of 19.5 mm (0.77 in) and females to 25 mm (0.98 in) SVL. [8] The tympanum is distinct but small. The fingers and toes have distinct, rounded disks but no webbing. [3] [4] The dorsum is uniformly green, turning reddish or orange-red in the head. [8] [3] [4] The lower surfaces are pale greenish yellow or creamy white, with the throat being yellowish. [4] [3] The iris is reddish-orange. [8] [3] [4]

Habitat and conservation

Pristimantis moro lives in humid lowland and montane forests [1] [8] from sea level [5] [8] to 1,245 m (4,085 ft) above sea level. [1] [8] It is a nocturnal and arboreal species living in the forest canopy. This, together with its small size, makes it difficult to observe, making it prone to under-recording. Threats to it are unknown. It is present in some protected areas in Panama and Costa Rica. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Pristimantis moro". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T56777A3049546. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T56777A3049546.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Frost, Darrel R. (2022). "Pristimantis moro (Savage, 1965)". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Savage, Jay M. (1965). "A new bromeliad frog of the genus Eleutherodactylus from Costa Rica". Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. 64 (2): 106–110. (Eleutherodactylus moro, new species).
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Thornton WA (1965). "A New Frog of the Genus Eleutherodactylus from the Coastal Rain Forest of Colombia". Copeia. 1965 (4): 425–427. doi:10.2307/1440990. JSTOR   1440990. (Eleutherodactylus lehmanvalenciae, new species).
  5. 1 2 Acosta Galvis AR, Cuentas D (2017). "Pristimantis moro (Savage, 1965)". Lista de los Anfibios de Colombia V.07.2017.0. www.batrachia.com. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  6. ↑ Savage, Jay M. (1968). "The Distribution and Synonymy of the Neotropical Frog, Eleutherodactylus moro". Copeia. 1968 (4): 878–879. doi:10.2307/1441867. JSTOR   1441867.
  7. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Exeter, England: Pelagic Publishing Ltd. xiii + 262 pp. ISBN   978-1-907807-41-1. (Eleutherodactylus lehmanvalenciae, p. 122).
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Pristimantis moro Savage, 1965". Amphibians of Panama. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
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