Pristimantis ockendeni

Pristimantis ockendeni is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae.[2] It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and possibly Bolivia. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests, tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

Pristimantis ockendeni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Strabomantidae
Genus: Pristimantis
Species:
P. ockendeni
Binomial name
Pristimantis ockendeni
(Boulenger, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Eleutherodactylus ockendeni (Boulenger, 1912)
  • Eleutherodactylus anderssoni Lynch, 1968
  • Eleutherodactylus melini Bokermann, 1968

Research published in early 2008 suggested that in Ecuador the species is actually at least three different cryptic species that diverged at least 5 million years ago.[3][4]

References
  1. Lily Rodríguez, Jorge Luis Martinez, Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Claudia Azevedo-Ramos, Fernando Castro, Jose Vicente Rueda, Diego Cisneros-Heredia, Marinus Hoogmoed, Claude Gascon (2004). "Pristimantis ockendeni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T56803A11534464. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T56803A11534464.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. "Pristimantis ockendeni (Boulenger, 1912) | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  3. Giraffes And Frogs Provide More Evidence Of New Species Hidden In Plain Sight. Science Daily. January 2008 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/12/071221094911.htm
  4. Elmer, K.R., J.A. Dávila, and S.C. Lougheed. 2007. Cryptic diversity and deep divergence in an upper Amazonian frog, Eleutherodactylus ockendeni. BMC Evol. Biol. 7: 247.http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/7/247


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