Pristimantis nyctophylax

Pristimantis nyctophylax
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Strabomantidae
Genus:	Pristimantis
Species:	P. nyctophylax
Binomial name
Pristimantis nyctophylax (Lynch, 1976)
Synonyms [1]
Eleutherodactylus nyctophylaxLynch, 1976

Pristimantis nyctophylax, also known as Tandapi robber frog or watchful rainfrog, is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. 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. John Lynch, Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron (2004). "Pristimantis nyctophylax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2004 e.T56798A11527051. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T56798A11527051.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. Frost, Darrel R. (2022). "Pristimantis nyctophylax (Lynch, 1976)". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 27 October 2022.