Pristimantis fergusoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brachycephaloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura Superfamilia: Brachycephaloidea

Familia: Craugastoridae
Subfamilia: Pristimantinae
Genus: Pristimantis
Species: Pristimantis fergusoni

Name

Pristimantis fergusoni Reyes-Puig, Yánez-Muñoz, Ron, Venegas, Ortega, Carrión-Olmedo & Reyes-Puig, 2026: 87

• Holotype: DHMECN 13318, adult ♀, collected by Juan Pablo Reyes-Puig, Esteban Morales and Luis Recalde on 28 December 2016.
• Type locality: “Cerro Candelaria Reserve, Rio Verde, Baños, Tungurahua, Ecuador (1.463851°S, 78.302931°W; 3210 m elevation)”.

References

Primary references

• Reyes-Puig, J.P., Yánez-Muñoz, M.H., Ron, S.R., Venegas, P.J., Ortega, J.A., Carrión-Olmedo, J.C. & Reyes-Puig, C. 2026. A new spiny frog of the genus Pristimantis (Anura, Strabomantidae) from the eastern slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes. ZooKeys 1269: 83–105. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1269.162260 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Ferguson’s Robber Frog