Pristimantis muscosus

Pristimantis muscosus is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae. It is only found on the Cordillera del Condor of southern Ecuador and northern Peru.[3]

Pristimantis muscosus

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Craugastoridae
Genus: Pristimantis
Species:
P. muscosus
Binomial name
Pristimantis muscosus
(Duellman & Pramuk, 1999)
Synonyms

Eleutherodactylus muscosus Duellman & Pramuk, 1999[2]

Its natural habitats are humid, upper montane forests. The Peruvian population occurred on rocky banks of a stream. It is potentially threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group 2019. Pristimantis muscosus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T56779A89207906. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T56779A89207906.en. Downloaded on 22 July 2019.
  2. Duellman, William E.; Pramuk, Jennifer B. (1999). "Frogs of the genus Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) in the Andes of northern Peru". Scientific Papers. Natural History Museum, University of Kansas. 13: 1–78.
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Pristimantis muscosus (Duellman and Pramuk, 1999)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 7 December 2014.


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