Pristimantis acerus

Pristimantis acerus
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Suborder: Neobatrachia
Family: Strabomantidae
Genus: Pristimantis
Species: P. acerus
Binomial name
Pristimantis acerus
(Lynch & Duellman, 1980)[1]

Pristimantis acerus is a frog species from South America. Specifically, it is endemic to Ecuador. This species is rated as Endangered by the IUCN[2]

Habitat

Pristimantis acerus is found in the Andes Mountains at elevations between 2,660 and 2,750 m.[3]

References

  1. ^ Lynch & Duellman, (1980) . The Eleutherodactylus of the Amazonian slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Miscellaneous Publication, Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, vol. 69, p. 1-86.
  2. ^ Lynch, J., Coloma, L.A. & Ron, S. 2004. Eleutherodactylus acerus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
  3. ^ Lynch & Duellman, (1980). The Eleutherodactylus of the Amazonian slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Miscellaneous Publication, Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, vol. 69, p. 1-86.

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