Pristimantis paganus

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 paganus

Name

Pristimantis paganus Loza-Carvajal, Yánez-Muñoz, Quilumbaquin & Ortega-Andrade, 2025: 11

• Holotype: DHMECN 16810.
• Type locality: “Colonso Chalupas Biological Reserve, camp 3, Alto Tena, San Juan de Muyuna, Napo province, Ecuador, (0.93158° S, 77.95659° W), 2,495 m”.

References

Primary references

• Loza-Carvajal, K.D., Yánez-Muñoz, M.H., Quilumbaquin, M. & Ortega-Andrade, H.M. 2025. Vast cryptic diversity in direct-developing frogs Pristimantis (Anura: Strabomantidae): a new subgenus and the description of a new species from the eastern Andes of Ecuador. PeerJ 13: e20512. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.20512 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Amazonian Pagan Rainfrog