Pristimantis versicolor

Pristimantis versicolor
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Strabomantidae
Genus:	Pristimantis
Species:	P. versicolor
Binomial name
Pristimantis versicolor (Lynch, 1979)
Synonyms
Eleutherodactylus versicolor Lynch, 1979

Pristimantis versicolor is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae.

Habitat and ecology

It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitats are tropical moist montane forests, moist shrubland, and pastureland. Specimens are found beneath stones and logs in sparsely wooded pasture or in cloud forest and sub-páramo habitats . Peruvian specimens were collected at night on vegetation up to 2 m above the ground. It breeds by direct development, but the site of egg deposition is not known.

Distribution

This species occurs in southern Ecuador and northern Peru. In Ecuador it is known from: the area north of San Lucas, in Loja Province, at 3,100m asl; at Abra Zamora at 2,500-2,800m asl; and at Curintza, Romerillos and Bombuscaro, in Zamora Chinchipe Province, at 2,100m asl. In Peru it occurs in Amazonas Province on the eastern slopes of the Cordillera del Cóndor and Upper Río Comainas at elevations of 665–1,750m asl. It probably occurs more widely than current records suggest. Biogeographic Realm(s): Neotropical Native Ecuador; Peru

Threats

The main threat to this species is habitat loss and degradation due to agriculture, logging, mining, and human settlement.

Conservation

The range of this species overlaps with the Santiago Comainas Reserve Zone, Peru. In Ecuador this species occurs in Parque Nacional Podocarpus.

References

• 1:http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.
• 2:https://web.archive.org/web/20120314012700/http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/E/Eleutherodactylus_versicolor/default.asp
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