Biology:Pristimantis riveti
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| The holotype of Pristimantis riveti (right), an adult female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Strabomantidae |
| Genus: | Pristimantis |
| Species: | P. riveti
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| Binomial name | |
| Pristimantis riveti (Despax, 1911)
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Pristimantis riveti is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It is endemic to Ecuador and as currently understood, only known with certainty from its type locality, Mount Mirador near the border between Carchi and Sucumbíos Provinces.[2][3][4] Records from elsewhere (e.g., IUCN Red List[1]) represent other species, including Pristimantis lutzae.[4] Common names Despax's robber frog[2] and Riveti robber frog have been proposed for it.[3]
Etymology
The specific name riveti honors Paul Rivet, French physician[5] who collected the holotype.[2][4]
Description
Adult males measure 19–22 mm (0.7–0.9 in) and adult females 24–34 mm (0.9–1.3 in) in snout–vent length.[3] There are distinctive big white irregular blotches dispersed over the dorsal surface.[4]
Habitat and conservation
Pristimantis riveti occurs in páramo habitats on the ground or low in vegetation (Cortaderia and terrestrial bromeliads).[3] There are recent records of this species from elevations between 3,500 and 3,792 m (11,483 and 12,441 ft) above sea level.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Pristimantis riveti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T178692938A98653249. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/178692938/98653249. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Frost, Darrel R. (2022). "Pristimantis riveti (Despax, 1911)". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Brachycephaloidea/Strabomantidae/Pristimantinae/Pristimantis/Pristimantis-riveti.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Carrión, J. C. (2019). "Pristimantis riveti". in Ron, S. R.; Merino-Viteri, A.; Ortiz, D. A.. Anfibios del Ecuador. Version 2021.0. Museo de Zoología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (QCAZ). https://bioweb.bio/faunaweb/amphibiaweb/FichaEspecie/Pristimantis%20riveti.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Páez, Nadia B.; Ron, Santiago R. (2019). "Systematics of Huicundomantis, a new subgenus of Pristimantis (Anura, Strabomantidae) with extraordinary cryptic diversity and eleven new species". ZooKeys 868: 1–112. doi:10.3897/zookeys.868.26766.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 181. ISBN 978-1-907807-42-8. https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=QJY3BAAAQBAJ&pg=GBS.PA181.
Wikidata ☰ Q4459498 entry
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